Synthesis, characterization and comparison of group 14 pyrrolides and indolides Ph 3 MX (M= Si, Ge, Sn; X= C 4 H 4 N, C 8 H 6 N)

J Poisson, I Wharf, DS Bohle, MM Barsan, Y Gu…

Index: Poisson, Joel; Wharf, Ivor; Scott Bohle; Barsan, Mirela M.; Gu, Yuxuan; Butler, Ian S. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 695, # 23 p. 2557 - 2561

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Abstract

The biologically important heterocycles pyrrole, C4H4N, and indole, C8H6N, ought to be useful as reagents in organic synthesis. Unfortunately, working with them has proved to be difficult because they tend to self-polymerize in solution, especially in the presence of acid catalysts. When the self-polymerization can be controlled, however, the pyrrole and indole units should provide an important route to selective N-metal binding, particularly when ...