| Chemical Properties | White to dark brown solid |
| Uses | Indole-4-carboxaldehyde is usually used as reactant in Biginelli reaction,preparation of antitumor agents,intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acylation,preparation of inhibitors of cell division in E. Coli,synthesis of Hantzsch pyridine-containing Schiff bases.
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| Uses | 4-Indolecarbaldehyde is a synthetic intermediate used for pharmaceutical synthesis. Also used as reactant in Biginelli reaction, synthesis of aurora kinase A inhibitors, preparation of antitumor agents, intermolecular Friedel-Crafts acylation, preparation of inhibitors of cell division in E. coli and synthesis of Hantzsch pyridine-containing Schiff bases. |
| Definition | ChEBI: Indole-4-carbaldehyde is a heteroarenecarbaldehyde that is indole in which the hydrogen at position 4 has been replaced by a formyl group. It has a role as an algal metabolite. It is a member of indoles and a heteroarenecarbaldehyde. |
| Synthesis Reference(s) | The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 46, p. 1752, 1981 DOI: 10.1021/jo00321a053
Tetrahedron, 39, p. 3695, 1983 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(01)88608-7 |
| General Description | Indole-4-carboxaldehyde participates in the synthesis of arcyriacyanin A. Synthesis of 4-indole-4-carboxaldehyde has been reported. Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts (FC) acylation of indole-4-carboxaldehyde has been reported. |
