Photocatalytic aerobic oxidation/semipinacol rearrangement sequence: a concise route to the core of pseudoindoxyl alkaloids

W Ding, QQ Zhou, J Xuan, TR Li, LQ Lu, WJ Xiao - Tetrahedron Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
A visible light-induced photocatalytic aerobic oxidation/semipinacol rearrangement has
been successfully developed. This methodology allows for efficient conversion of a wide …

Indole alkaloid synthesis facilitated by photoredox catalytic radical cascade reactions

XY Liu, Y Qin - Accounts of chemical research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The monoterpene indole alkaloids, containing over 3000 known members and
more than 40 structural types, represent one of the largest natural product families that have …

Acylation of indoles via photoredox catalysis: a route to 3-acylindoles

L Gu, C Jin, J Liu, H Zhang, M Yuan, G Li - Green Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A visible-light-induced synthesis of 3-acylindoles from simple indoles and α-oxo acids at
room temperature has been discovered. The reaction tolerates a wide range of functional …

Visible‐Light Catalytic Photooxygenation of Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids: Access to Spirooxindole‐1, 3‐oxazines

T von Drathen, F Hoffmann… - Chemistry–A European …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Few natural oxindole alkaloids possess an exceptional spiro‐[(1, 3) oxazinan‐3, 6′‐
oxindole] core structure, which results from an unusual oxidative indole rearrangement. The …

Visible Light‐Induced Aerobic Oxyamidation of Indoles: A Photocatalytic Strategy for the Preparation of Tetrahydro‐5H‐indolo[2,3‐b]quinolinols

J An, YQ Zou, QQ Yang, Q Wang… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A visible light‐induced, aerobic oxyamidation reaction of indoles, using air as the sole
oxidant, has been developed. This process serves as a photocatalytic strategy to generate …

Visible light-induced aerobic oxidative cross-coupling of glycine derivatives with indoles: a facile access to 3, 3′ bisindolylmethanes

Y Zhang, X Yang, H Zhou, S Li, Y Zhu… - Organic Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A visible light-induced aerobic oxidative cross-coupling of glycine derivatives with indoles
has been developed to efficiently synthesize 3, 3′-bisindolylmethanes (BIMs). The reaction …

Tandem cyclisation of vinyl radicals: a sustainable approach to indolines utilizing visible-light photoredox catalysis

SK Pagire, O Reiser - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A tin-free method for the synthesis of substituted indolines has been developed generating
vinyl radicals by visible-light-promoted photocatalysis in a reductive quenching cycle. This …

A synthetic road to the forest of Strychnos, Aspidosperma, Schizozygane and Eburnamine alkaloids by way of the novel photoisomerization

Y Ban, K Yoshida, J Goto, T Oishi, E Takeda - Tetrahedron, 1983 - Elsevier
The novel photoisomerization of 1-acylindoles accompanied by a conversion of indole to
indolenine afforded 3-acylindolenines, a so far unknown reactive species, as a major …

From benzopyrroles to phenylpyrroles: remodeling of indoles enabled by photoredox catalysis

W Xu, B Cheng, Y Zhang, L Fang, H Zhai… - Organic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A facile approach toward 3-(o-aminophenyl) pyrroles was developed by remodeling of N-
sulfonyl-3-acyl indoles with N-phenylglycines under photoredox catalysis. This strategy …

Photocatalytic synthesis of polycyclic indolones

T Saget, B König - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, a photocatalytic strategy for a rapid and modular access to polycyclic indolones
starting from readily available indoles is reported. This strategy relies on the use of redox …