Molecules 2011, 16(9), 7267-7287; doi:10.3390/molecules16097267
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Cyclization vs. Cyclization/Dimerization in o-Amidostilbene Radical Cation Cascade Reactions: The Amide Question

Chin Hui Kee 1 , Azhar Ariffin 1 , Khalijah Awang 1 , Ibrahim Noorbatcha 2 , Koichi Takeya 3 , Hiroshi Morita 4 , Chuan Gee Lim 5  and Noel Francis Thomas 1,* email
1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2 Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, 53100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3 Department of Pharmacognosy, Tokyo University of Pharmaceutical and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan 4 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan 5 Environmental and Bioprocess Technology Centre, SIRIM Berhad, 40000 Shah Alam, Malaysia
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Received: 5 August 2011; in revised form: 16 August 2011 / Accepted: 17 August 2011 / Published: 25 August 2011
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Abstract: The n-butyramido, isobutyramido, benzamido, and furancarboxamido functions profoundly modulate the electronics of the stilbene olefinic and NH groups and the corresponding radical cations in ways that influence the efficiency of the cyclization due presumably to conformational and stereoelectronic factors. For example, isobutyramido- stilbene undergoes FeCl3 promoted cyclization to produce only indoline, while n-butyramidostilbene, under the same conditions, produces both indoline and bisindoline.
Keywords: stilbene; indoline; bisindoline; FeCl3

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Kee, C.H.; Ariffin, A.; Awang, K.; Noorbatcha, I.; Takeya, K.; Morita, H.; Lim, C.G.; Thomas, N.F. Cyclization vs. Cyclization/Dimerization in o-Amidostilbene Radical Cation Cascade Reactions: The Amide Question. Molecules 2011, 16, 7267-7287.

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Kee CH, Ariffin A, Awang K, Noorbatcha I, Takeya K, Morita H, Lim CG, Thomas NF. Cyclization vs. Cyclization/Dimerization in o-Amidostilbene Radical Cation Cascade Reactions: The Amide Question. Molecules. 2011; 16(9):7267-7287.

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Kee, Chin Hui; Ariffin, Azhar; Awang, Khalijah; Noorbatcha, Ibrahim; Takeya, Koichi; Morita, Hiroshi; Lim, Chuan Gee; Thomas, Noel Francis. 2011. "Cyclization vs. Cyclization/Dimerization in o-Amidostilbene Radical Cation Cascade Reactions: The Amide Question." Molecules 16, no. 9: 7267-7287.

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