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Abstract
Electrochemical oxidation of pyrrole and indole gives rise to radical cations and which react with perinaphthenone to give a coupling product similar to that observed in sediments. Under purely chemical conditions, it is shown that with strong acids in absence of oxygen, a ionic mechanism takes place, but that with weaker acids in the presence of oxygen an electron- transfer mechanism may prevail.