3,4-Bridged indoles (5) are prepared from readily available aromatic ketones (1) by conversion into the epoxides (2), ring opening with azide ion to give the azido alcohols (3), dehydration, and thermolysis of the resulting vinyl azides (4).
A. L. Beck, W. J. Coates and C. J. Moody, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1990, 689 DOI: 10.1039/P19900000689
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