Counterion Control of
<i>t</i>
‐BuO‐Mediated Single Electron Transfer to Nitrostilbenes to Construct
<i>N</i>
‐Hydroxyindoles or Oxindoles
作者:Yingwei Zhao、Haoran Zhu、Siyoung Sung、Donald J. Wink、Joseph M. Zadrozny、Tom G. Driver
DOI:10.1002/anie.202104319
日期:2021.8.23
tert-Butoxide unlocks new reactivity patterns embedded in nitroarenes. Exposure of nitrostilbenes to sodium tert-butoxide was found to produce N-hydroxyindoles at room temperature without an additive. Changing the counterion to potassium changed the reaction outcome to yield solely oxindoles through an unprecedented dioxygen-transfer reaction followed by a 1,2-phenyl migration. Mechanistic experiments
Electrosynthesis of Substituted 1<i>H</i>-Indoles from <i>o</i>-Nitrostyrenes
作者:Peng Du、Jonathan L. Brosmer、Dennis G. Peters
DOI:10.1021/ol2006049
日期:2011.8.5
A novel procedure has been devised for the synthesis of derivatives of 1H-indole that is based on the direct, room-temperature electrochemical reduction of substituted o-nitrostyrenes at carbon cathodes in N,N-dimethylformamide containing tetramethylammonium tetrafluoroborate as supporting electrolyte and in the presence of a 10-fold molar excess of a proton donor (phenol or methyl 3-oxobutanoate)