Tetrahedron Letters

Multistep synthesis of a new tricyclic azaindole-based scaffold

M Angiolini, AL Borgia, T Bandiera

Index: Angiolini, Mauro; Borgia, Andrea Lombardi; Bandiera, Tiziano Tetrahedron Letters, 2009 , vol. 50, # 36 p. 5156 - 5158

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Abstract

In this Letter the synthetic pathway adopted for the preparation of a new functionalized tricyclic scaffold containing the 7-azaindole moiety is presented. An intramolecular palladium-mediated reaction is described as the crucial step for a condensed seven- membered ring formation.