We report herein a Rh(III)-catalyzed cyclization of N-nitrosoanilines with alkynes for streamlined synthesis of indoles. The synthetic protocol features a distinct internal oxidant, N-N bond, as a reactive handle for catalyst turnover, as well as a hitherto tantalizingly elusive intermolecular redox-neutral manifold, predicated upon C-H activation, for the formation of a five-membered azaheterocycle
Rhodium(<scp>iii</scp>)-catalyzed indole synthesis at room temperature using the transient oxidizing directing group strategy
作者:Yaping Shang、Krishna Jonnada、Subhash Laxman Yedage、Hua Tu、Xiaofeng Zhang、Xin Lou、Shijun Huang、Weiping Su
DOI:10.1039/c9cc04529e
日期:——
temperature have been developed using an in situ generated N-nitroso group as a transient oxidizing directinggroup. Due to mild reaction conditions, this method enabled synthesis of a broad range of N-alkyl indoles, including even two indole-based medicinal compounds. Our work disclosed the feasibility of the transient oxidizing directinggroup strategy in C–H functionalization reactions, which possesses