[3 + 2]-Annulations of N-alkyl-3-substituted indoles with quinone monoketals catalysed by Brønsted acids

Autor: Zhen Liu, Ji-Ping Hu, Pei-Jun Yang, Jia-Nan Chen, Gaosheng Yang, Zhuo Chai, Xue-Fei Li
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 14:1024-1030
ISSN: 1477-0539
1477-0520
Popis: An organocatalytic dearomative [3 + 2]-annulation of N-alkyl-3-alkylindoles with quinone monoketals is developed. The reaction provides a mild and straightforward way to various benzofuro[2,3-b]indolines of potential biological and pharmaceutical interest in moderate to good yields. Moreover, when 3-phenylindole, a problematic substrate in previous relevant studies, was used as the substrate under the otherwise same reaction conditions, a novel 1,2-shift of the phenyl group occurred followed by aromatization to provide 2,3-diaryl indoles useful for cancer therapy studies in moderate yields.
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