Tetrahedron

7-Azaindoles via carbolithiation of vinyl pyridines

B Cottineau, DF O'Shea

Index: Cottineau, Bertrand; O'Shea, Donal F. Tetrahedron, 2007 , vol. 63, # 41 p. 10354 - 10362

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Abstract

The sequential reactions of a pyridine vinylation and alkene carbolithiation constitutes a new route to substituted 7-azaindoles. The methodology involves a reaction sequence of controlled carbolithiation of the vinyl double bond, subsequent trapping of the formal di- ...