Reza hosaini dust - omidiyeh branch ,Islamic azad university , omidiyeh ,Iran
Hossien hamadi
Majid salamat

Epoxides can be opened in a regioselective and efficient manner with nitrogen heterocycles such as indoles, pyrrolesand imidazoles in the presence of a catalytic amount of nano alumina sulfonic acid under mild conditions to afford the corresponding 3-alkylated indole derivatives in good yields and with a high regioselectivity.

epoxides, indole, ring-opening, nano alumina sulfonic acid catalyst