The Journal of organic chemistry

Development of an efficient procedure for indole ring synthesis from 2-ethynylaniline derivatives catalyzed by Cu (II) salts and its application to natural product …

K Hiroya, S Itoh, T Sakamoto

Index: Hiroya, Kou; Itoh, Shin; Sakamoto, Takao Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004 , vol. 69, # 4 p. 1126 - 1136

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Abstract

The development of efficient methods for the indole synthesis catalyzed by Cu (II) salts and its applications were investigated. Cu (OAc) 2 has been proved to be the best catalyst for the synthesis of various 1-p-tolylsulfonyl or 1-methylsulfonylindoles, which have both electron- withdrawing and electron-donating groups on the aromatic ring and C2 position of indoles. For the primary aniline derivatives, Cu (OCOCF3) 2 showed good activities, while Cu (OAc ...