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synthesis and catalytic functionalization of biologically active indoles

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1 Palladium-catalyzed Coupling Reactions <strong>of</strong> Indoles 8<br />

B(OH) 2<br />

Br<br />

Boc<br />

CHO Pd(PPh3) 4 (10 mol%)<br />

Na N<br />

2CO3 aq<br />

N<br />

DME<br />

25 Boc<br />

26 27 CHO<br />

(96% two<br />

steps)<br />

Scheme 6. Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction <strong>of</strong> indole-2-yl boronic acid <strong>and</strong> dihydro-naphthalene.<br />

When using <strong>indoles</strong> in Suzuki-Miyaura reactions this chemistry involves in general<br />

the utilization <strong>of</strong> indolyl halides. In this respect, Larock <strong>and</strong> co-workers analyzed<br />

novel 1,4-palladium migrations. [24] More specifically, they observed 1,4-palladiummigration<br />

in organopalladium intermediates derived from o-halobiaryls. As an<br />

example they examined the reaction <strong>of</strong> 2-iodo-1-methyl-3-phenylindole 30 <strong>and</strong><br />

boronic acid 31 (Scheme 7). To avoid that the base activates the aryl boronic acid<br />

prior to palladium migration, the system was buffered using a combination <strong>of</strong><br />

cesium pivalate <strong>and</strong> pivalic acid. Hence, components 30 <strong>and</strong> 31 were stirred at<br />

100 °C in the presence <strong>of</strong> 5 mol% Pd(OAc)2, 5 mol% (PPh2)2CH2 (dppm), 2 equiv<br />

<strong>of</strong> cesium pivalate <strong>and</strong> 2 equiv <strong>of</strong> pivalic acid in DMF containing 20 equiv <strong>of</strong> water.<br />

After 3 h product 32 is obtained selectively in 67% yield. Interestingly when 3-(2iodophenyl)-1-methylindole<br />

34 is allowed to react with 31 under the same<br />

conditions, product 32 is produced in a yield <strong>of</strong> 57% along some traces <strong>of</strong> isomer<br />

33.<br />

I<br />

N<br />

Me<br />

Ar-B(OH) 2<br />

Ar = p-MeO 2CC 6H 4<br />

Pd(OAc) 2 (5 mol%)<br />

dppm (5 mol%)<br />

32 (67%)<br />

33 (0%)<br />

Ar<br />

N<br />

Me<br />

30 31 32 33 31<br />

34<br />

N<br />

Me<br />

N<br />

29<br />

Ph<br />

Ar Pd(OAc) 2 (5 mol%)<br />

dppm (5 mol%)<br />

Ar-B(OH) 2<br />

32 (57%)<br />

33 (traces)<br />

Scheme 7. 1,4-Palladium-migration <strong>of</strong> an o-halobiaryl with an arylboronic acid.<br />

Ph<br />

N<br />

28<br />

N<br />

Me<br />

I

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