Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Coarctate Cyclization of (2-Ethynylphenyl)phenyldiazenes
作者:Laura D. Shirtcliff、Timothy J. R. Weakley、Michael M. Haley、Felix Köhler、Rainer Herges
DOI:10.1021/jo049011r
日期:2004.10.1
A new route to substituted 2-phenyl-2H-indazoIes through the cyclization of (2-ethynylphenyl)-phenyldiazenes is presented. A coarctate reaction pathway forms the isoindazole carbene under neutral conditions, at moderate temperatures, and without the requirement of a carbene stabilizer. A wide variety of previously unknown diazene precursors was synthesized and cyclized. Trapping of the carbene with a silyl alcohol followed by deprotection affords the 3-hydroxymethyl-2-phenyl-2H-indazoles in good overall yield. The free carbene could also be trapped as a [2 + 1] cycloadduct with 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene.