"Interestingly, homolytic attack by *OH on the indole nucleus affords mainly 4-hydroxyindole.
M. Julia and F. Ricalens,
Contem. Rend. (C) 275, 613 (1972). "
Taken from:
Newkone, George R. Contemporary heterocyclic chemestry. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1982. p 76.
So, would indole, exposed to UVs, with catalyic amounts of nitrous acid be enough? I imagine I'm wrong here, b/c I can't find enough good refs on this, but I feel justified just finding the above-posted reference. Would it be better to use H
2O
2 in then presence of some metal? This would form the ion as well, of course.
I don't have access to the original article (*sniffle*), because I'm not as cool as
someone out there. I'm sure it would answer many of my questions . . .
I was tempted to wait to post, until I read more on this, but I'm sure someone out there will enjoy this.
I'm late for class again, *sigh*
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