Catalytic Cycloisomerization onto a Carbonyl Oxygen

S Shi, JL Kuo, T Chen, JR Norton - Organic letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
S Shi, JL Kuo, T Chen, JR Norton
Organic letters, 2020ACS Publications
We have found that terminal N-vinylindoles bearing cycloalkanone substituents are
excellent hydrogen atom acceptors, generating α-aminyl radicals with a variety of catalysts
(Co (II)/H2 or Co (III) Cl precatalysts with silane reductants). These radicals can be converted
to internal vinylindoles but eventually add to the oxygen of the cycloalkanone substituents.
These cyclizations eventually furnish a densely functionalized dihydrofuran (a net
cycloisomerization). The internal vinylindoles are slowly converted to the dihydrofurans, but …
We have found that terminal N-vinylindoles bearing cycloalkanone substituents are excellent hydrogen atom acceptors, generating α-aminyl radicals with a variety of catalysts (Co(II)/H2 or Co(III)Cl precatalysts with silane reductants). These radicals can be converted to internal vinylindoles but eventually add to the oxygen of the cycloalkanone substituents. These cyclizations eventually furnish a densely functionalized dihydrofuran (a net cycloisomerization). The internal vinylindoles are slowly converted to the dihydrofurans, but the final cycloisomerization/isomerization ratio is affected by the size of the cycloalkanone ring (seven- and eight-membered rings give the highest ratio). These results demonstrate how HAT can isomerize substrates in nonintuitive ways, here leading to the first HAT-promoted formation of a C–O bond.
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