white to slightly beige crystalline solid
5-Methylindole is used as reactant for preparation of pharmaceutically active 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine analogues, potential anticancer immunomodulators, IL2-inducible T-cell kinase (ITK) inhibitors and CRTh2 antagonists.
5-Methylindole is used in the synthesis of novel protein kinase inhibitors.
The binding of 5-methylindole (inducer) to the Escherichia coli trp repressor has been studied. The mass analyzed threshold ionization spectra of jetcooled 5-methylindole (5MI) has also been studied.
