A Novel Approach to 3-Methylindoles by a Heck/Cyclization/Isomerization Process
作者:Carl A. Baxter、Ed Cleator、Mahbub Alam、Antony J. Davies、Adrian Goodyear、Michael O’Hagan
DOI:10.1021/ol902636v
日期:2010.2.19
A novel synthesis of 3-methylindoles from chlorotriflates through a Heck reaction, carbamate/aryl chloride coupling, and isomerization sequence is presented. The three-step sequence is highly efficient and general, enabling the regiocontrolledsynthesis of substituted indoles in short order.