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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 36<br />

I<br />

N<br />

Me<br />

Ph<br />

CO 2-nBu<br />

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

Na 2CO 3 (1 equiv)<br />

nBuNCl<br />

DMF, 80 °C<br />

N<br />

Me<br />

115 116 117 (64%)<br />

Scheme 28. Palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction <strong>of</strong> 3-iodoindole.<br />

CO 2-nBu<br />

Similarly the group around Lautens gave an account <strong>of</strong> a t<strong>and</strong>em palladiumcatalyzed<br />

multicomponent reaction <strong>of</strong> thiophenes <strong>and</strong> <strong>indoles</strong>. [107] The authors<br />

constructed tri-substituted thiophenes in good yield by palladium-catalyzed t<strong>and</strong>em<br />

alkylation/alkenylation reaction <strong>of</strong> 3-iodothiophene. Finally they described one<br />

indole example based on their method (Scheme 29). They proposed that Pd(0)<br />

inserts into the C-I bond <strong>of</strong> 3-iodoindole 118 followed by carbopalladation <strong>of</strong><br />

norbornene. Activation <strong>of</strong> C-H in 2-position formed the according intermediate.<br />

Oxidative addition <strong>of</strong> the alkyl iodide led to the Pd(IV) species <strong>and</strong> reductive<br />

elimination generated the alkylated indole product. Heck reaction with tertbutylacrylate<br />

yielded the product 119 in 81%. They assumed that an excess <strong>of</strong><br />

norbornene is needed to compete with the direct Heck pathway. During their<br />

research they observed that the protecting group at the nitrogen is crucial to the<br />

efficiency <strong>of</strong> the reaction. The use <strong>of</strong> the Me-protected indole resulted only in the<br />

direct Heck product.<br />

Pd(OAc) 2 (10 mol%)<br />

PPh3 (22 mol%)<br />

norbornene (6 equiv)<br />

CO2tBu I<br />

Cs2CO3 (3 equiv)<br />

tbutyl acrylate (6 equiv)<br />

iodobutane (6 equiv)<br />

nBu<br />

N<br />

DME, 90 °C, 16 h N<br />

Tos<br />

Tos<br />

118 119 (81 %)<br />

Scheme 29. Palladium-catalyzed t<strong>and</strong>em alkylation/alkenylation reaction <strong>of</strong> Tos-protected 3iodoindole.<br />

About an aryl-aryl palladium-migration via Heck coupling <strong>of</strong> o-halobiaryls reported<br />

Campo et al.. [24] They found that, upon carrying out Heck reactions <strong>and</strong> Suzuki<br />

cross-couplings with o-halobiaryls under various conditions led to mixtures <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Ph

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