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Transformation of indole in soil

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It was established that indole and 2-methylindole are converted in soil to stable compounds, which were isolated and identified by means of mass spectrometry (low-and high-resolution), IR, UV, and PMR spectroscopy, and by comparison with model samples. Under the influence of peroxide compounds in the soil, indole is converted to 2,2-di(3-indolyl)indoxyl and very small amounts of indoxylrot, indirubin, and indigo. Similarly, 2-methylindole is converted in soil to 2-methyl-2-(2-methyl-3-indolyl)-3-oxoindoline.

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  1. Donetsk State University, 340055, Donetsk

    A. K. Sheinkman, N. A. Klyuev, L. A. Rybenko & E. Kh. Dank

  2. Dnepropetrovsk Construction-Engineering Institute, 320081, Dnepropetrovsk

    A. K. Sheinkman, N. A. Klyuev, L. A. Rybenko & E. Kh. Dank

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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1490–1496, November, 1978.

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Sheinkman, A.K., Klyuev, N.A., Rybenko, L.A. et al. Transformation of indole in soil. Chem Heterocycl Compd 14, 1211–1216 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00509739

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