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Indole Synthesis via Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization of Alkynes and Imines

Akira Takeda, Shin Kamijo and Yoshinori Yamamoto

*Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan, Email: yoshidlut.edu.cn

A. Takeda, S. Kamijo, Y. Yamamoto, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 5662-5663.

DOI: 10.1021/ja000390p


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Abstract

In an entirely new palladium-catalyzed indole synthesis, 2-(1-alkynyl)-N-alkylideneanilines provide 2-substituted-3-(1-alkenyl)indoles in good yields. The bond formation takes place between C-2
and C-3.


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Indoles


ID: J48-Y2000