New Greener Alternative for Biocondensation of Aldehydes and Indoles Using Lemon Juice: Formation of Bis-, Tris-, and Tetraindoles

Rammohan Pal

Department of Chemistry, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, Kolkata, India.

DOI: 10.4236/ijoc.2013.32015                

Abstract

This work presents a new greener alternative for biocondensation of aldehydes and indoles for the synthesis of bis- and tris(indolyl)methanes catalyzed by lemon juice (Citrus limon) in good yields under ultrasound irradiation in aqueous ethanol. Various substituted aldehydes with indoles under this reaction condition are elucidated. Also, tetraindolyl compounds were prepared using terephthaldialdehyde by following the same protocol. This method is an environmentally benign, efficient reaction, which requires shorter reaction time and simple experimental and work-up procedures.

Keywords

Citrus limon Juice; Biocondensation; Aldehydes; Indoles; Aqueous Ethanol; Sonication; Bis-; Tris-; Tetraindoles

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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