An isonitrile-alkyne cascade to di-substituted indoles
摘要:
Intramolecular tin and sulfur mediated free-radical cyclizations between an aryl isonitrile and a pendant TMS-substituted alkyne give 2,3-disubstituted indoles from 5-exo-dig cyclization and nucleophilic trapping of the resulting indolenine intermediate. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
This paper describes the synthesis of dithioindoles from the free-radical cyclizations of arylisonitriles having pendant alkynes. Also described is the synthesis of substituted indoles and spiro-fused indoles from the coupling of dithioindoles with active hydrogen-containing compounds.