An original route to newly-functionalized indoles and carbazoles starting from the ring-opening of nitrothiophenes
摘要:
The multifaceted behavior of nitrobutadienes deriving from the initial ring-opening of nitrothiophenes finds a further clear-cut example in their Michael-type acceptor reactivity towards indole. Thus, depending on the starting diene, either newly-functionalized indoles or carbazoles are produced, the latter as the result of an appealing double (intermolecular + intramolecular) Michael-type addition to a nitrovinylic moiety. The outcome encompasses motifs for both mechanistic and synthetic interest in the field of heterocycles endowed with possible pharmacological activity. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
substituted 1,3-butadienes produce poly-functionalized carbazoles through a double (inter-+intra-molecular) conjugate addition, followed by aromatization of the newly built ring. Significance is attached to the results obtained in fluorinated solvents such as trifluoroethanol, whereby a mild process, with no need for catalysis, overcomes some practical difficulties otherwise limiting the scope of the reaction
The multifaceted behavior of nitrobutadienes deriving from the initial ring-opening of nitrothiophenes finds a further clear-cut example in their Michael-type acceptor reactivity towards indole. Thus, depending on the starting diene, either newly-functionalized indoles or carbazoles are produced, the latter as the result of an appealing double (intermolecular + intramolecular) Michael-type addition to a nitrovinylic moiety. The outcome encompasses motifs for both mechanistic and synthetic interest in the field of heterocycles endowed with possible pharmacological activity. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.