Indole synthesis through transition metal-catalyzed C–H activation

T Guo, F Huang, L Yu, Z Yu - Tetrahedron Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Indole synthesis is among one of the most important tasks in N-heterocyclic chemistry.
Versatile synthetic methods have been developed for the establishment of an indole …

Recent Trends in Copper‐Catalyzed C− H Amination Routes to Biologically Important Nitrogen Scaffolds

P Subramanian, GC Rudolf… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen‐containing heterocycles have found remarkable applications in natural product
research, material sciences, and pharmaceuticals. Although the synthesis of this interesting …

Nucleophilic Nitrenoids Through π‐Acid Catalysis: Providing a Common Basis for Rapid Access into Diverse Nitrogen Heterocycles

PW Davies, M Garzón - Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen heterocycles are some of the most important and sought‐after structural motifs in
synthetic chemistry. General methods that can be applied towards a structurally diverse …

Rhodium‐Catalyzed C H Annulation of Nitrones with Alkynes: A Regiospecific Route to Unsymmetrical 2, 3‐Diaryl‐Substituted Indoles

H Yan, H Wang, X Li, X Xin, C Wang… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The direct C H annulation of anilines or related compounds with internal alkynes
provides straightforward access to 2, 3‐disubstituted indole products. However, this …

Metal‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted Indoles

SW Youn, TY Ko - Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Indoles are important structural motifs that are commonly found in a diverse array of natural
products, pharmaceuticals, and other functional molecules. Consequently, the development …

Diborane-Mediated Deoxygenation of o-Nitrostyrenes To Form Indoles

K Yang, F Zhou, Z Kuang, G Gao, TG Driver… - Organic letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
A mild, transition metal-free, diborane-mediated deoxygenation of nitro groups was
discovered that in situ generates nitrosoarene reactive intermediates. This new reactivity …

Formic Acid as Carbon Monoxide Source in the Palladium-Catalyzed N-Heterocyclization of o-Nitrostyrenes to Indoles

MA Fouad, F Ferretti, F Ragaini - The Journal of Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The reductive cyclization reaction of o-nitrostyrenes to generate indoles has been
investigated for three decades using CO as a cheap reducing agent, but it remains an …

Recent advances in the tandem copper-catalyzed Ullmann–Goldberg N-arylation–cyclization strategies

JM Honnanayakanavar, O Obulesu… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
N–Aryl bond formation under copper catalysis has played a pivotal role and has been
extensively used as a key step in the total syntheses of several therapeutic molecules. The …

Copper-catalyzed multicomponent domino reaction of 2-bromoaldehydes, benzylamines, and sodium azide for the assembly of quinazoline derivatives

C Xu, FC Jia, ZW Zhou, SJ Zheng, H Li… - The Journal of Organic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
An efficient three-component domino reaction of 2-bromoaldehydes, benzylamines, and
sodium azide has been developed for the synthesis of quinazoline derivatives. This domino …

Synthesis of Quinoxaline Derivatives via Tandem Oxidative Azidation/Cyclization Reaction of N-Arylenamines

H Ma, D Li, W Yu - Organic letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
A new method was developed for the synthesis of quinoxalines. This method employs N-
arylenamines and TMSN3 as the starting materials and implements two oxidative C–N bond …