Azido-Alkynes in Gold(I)-Catalyzed Indole Syntheses

The exploitation of nitrogen-functionalized reactive intermediates plays an important role in the synthesis of biologically relevant scaffolds in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. Those based on gold carbenes carry a strong potential for the design of highly efficient cascade processes toward the synthesis of compounds containing a fused indole core structure. This personal account gives a detailed explanation of our contribution to this sector, and embraces the reaction development of efficient gold-catalyzed cascade processes based on diversely functionalized azido-alkynes. Challenging cyclizations and their subsequent application in the synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant scaffolds and natural products conducted in an intra- or intermolecular fashion are key features of our research.

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The exploitation of nitrogen-functionalized reactive intermediates plays a crucial role in the synthesis of biologically relevant scaffolds, especially those based on gold carbenes. This personal account provides a detailed explanation of the contribution to this sector by developing efficient gold-catalyzed cascade processes based on diversely functionalized azido-alkynes, with challenging cyclizations and their subsequent applications in the synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant scaffolds and natural products being key features of the research.