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CATALYSTS
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/catal12010106
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indoles; nitrostyrenes; cyclization; reduction; carbon monoxide; CO surrogates; palladium; homogeneous catalysis; nitrogen ligands
The reductive cyclization of β-nitrostyrenes using phenyl formate as a carbon monoxide surrogate in the presence of PdCl2(CH3CN)(2) + phenanthroline catalyst is a feasible method to synthesize indoles, achieving good yields when an aryl substituent is present in the starting nitrostyrene, but lower yields when no aryl substituent is present.
The reductive cyclization of suitably substituted organic nitro compounds by carbon monoxide is a very appealing technique for the synthesis of heterocycles because of its atom efficiency and easiness of separation of the only stoichiometric byproduct CO2, but the need for pressurized CO has hampered its diffusion. We have recently reported on the synthesis of indoles by reductive cyclization of o-nitrostyrenes using phenyl formate as a CO surrogate, using a palladium/1,10-phenanthroline complex as catalyst. However, depending on the desired substituents on the structure, the use of beta-nitrostyrenes as alternative reagents may be advantageous. We report here the results of our study on the possibility to use phenyl formate as a CO surrogate in the synthesis of indoles by reductive cyclization of beta-nitrostyrenes, using PdCl2(CH3CN)(2) + phenanthroline as the catalyst. It turned out that good results can be obtained when the starting nitrostyrene bears an aryl substituent in the alpha position. However, when no such substituent is present, only fair yield of indole can be obtained because the base required to decompose the formate also catalyzes an oligo-polymerization of the starting styrene. The reaction can be performed in a single glass pressure tube, a cheap and easily available piece of equipment.
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