Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.2, 146-147, 2001
Synthesis of alpha-carbolines from beta-(3-Indolyl) ketone O-2,4-dinitrophenyloximes
alpha -Carbolines are synthesized from beta (3-indolyl) ketone O-2,4-dinitrophenyloximes by the treatment with sodium hydride and sodium cyanoborohydride.