Abstract
Ethyl 4-methoxy- (7) and ethyl 5-methoxy- (3) -1-phenyl-3H-benz [e] indole-2-carboxylates were prepared by Fischer indolization of ethyl phenylpyruvate 2-naphthylhydrazone derivatives bearing a methoxy group at the C3-(26) and the C4-(8) positions, respectively.