Tetrahedron letters

Preparation of indole-2-carboxamides by palladium-catalysed carbonylation

JM Herbert, AH McNeill

Index: Herbert, John M.; McNeill, Alan H. Tetrahedron Letters, 1998 , vol. 39, # 16 p. 2421 - 2424

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Abstract

Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Palladium-mediated carbonylation of a 2-iodoindole in the presence of an amine provides an efficient method for the preparation of indole-2-carboxamides. The process is clean and rapid, and appears to be general where the amine component is sufficiently non-volatile.