Route to 3-Amidino Indoles via Pd(II)-Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation

Autor: Jonas Rydfjord, Bobo Skillinghaug, Mats Larhed, Luke R. Odell, Peter Brandt
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Organic Letters. 19:4066-4069
ISSN: 1523-7052
1523-7060
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01836
Popis: We report a facile synthesis of 3-amidino indoles from indoles and cyanamides. The reaction is Pd(II)-catalyzed and proceeds via C-H bond activation of the indole in its 3-position followed by a 1,2-addition of the resulting indole-palladium σ-complex to a cyanamide, which provides the corresponding amidine. The preference for 4,5-diazafluoren-9-one (DAF) as the ligand is investigated using DFT calculations, and a plausible reaction pathway is presented.
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