Resumen: Acylcyclopropanes are employed as useful donor-acceptor cyclopropanes that undergo formal (4 + 2) cyclocondensation with N-unprotected 3-substituted indoles in the presence of a Brønsted acid catalyst. The reaction involves the simultaneous alkylation of both the N and C-2 positions of the indole and provides access to the 8, 9-dihydropyrido[1, 2-a]indole scaffold that is the central core of several biologically relevant indole alkaloids in excellent yields and good selectivities. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00470 Año: 2021 Publicado en: ORGANIC LETTERS 23, 6 (2021), 2326–2331 ISSN: 1523-7060 Factor impacto JCR: 6.072 (2021) Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC rank: 4 / 56 = 0.071 (2021) - Q1 - T1 Factor impacto CITESCORE: 10.4 - Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Q1)