The indole is converted to quinoline by reaction with a carbene generated by a 1,1 elimination from chloroform. The carbene undergoes a cyclopropanation reaction on the double bond of the pyrrole ring, opening the cyclopropane generated at a later stage, to generate the final quinoline.
Indole ring expansion
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- INDOL THEORY
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