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As alternatives to the common tertiary phosphine/Pd systems, well-defined N-heterocyclic carbene–Pd complexes have been proven to be highly efficient precatalysts for intermolecular direct annalution of o-haloanilines and ketones at lower catalyst loadings. A highly efficient and practical protocol for synthesis of functionalized indoles was developed using (IPr)Pd(acac)Cl as catalyst. Both o-bromoanilines and o-chloroanilines gave rise to efficient coupling under the reaction conditions. Related to acyclic ones, cyclic ketones coupled more effectively with o-haloanilines. With [Pd(IPr)2] as catalyst, the base-sensitive groups including OH and CO2H groups could be tolerated. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |