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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 46<br />

OSO2CF3 H R<br />

Pd(PPh3) 4<br />

CuI, Et3N DMF, rt, 1h<br />

147 COOEt<br />

148a-f<br />

COOEt<br />

Ph<br />

COOEt<br />

nC 5H 11<br />

148a (98%) 148b (92%) 148c (78%)<br />

COOEt<br />

COOEt<br />

OH OH<br />

COOEt COOEt COOEt<br />

148d (87%) 148e (92%) 148f (97%)<br />

Scheme 37. Palladium-catalyzed reaction with 2-trifluoromethanesulfonyloxyindole-1-carboxylic<br />

acid ethyl ester.<br />

2-Alkynyl indole derivatives 148a-f were synthesized in the presence <strong>of</strong><br />

Pd(PPh3)4/CuI, Et3N in DMF. Starting from commercially available <strong>and</strong> inexpensive<br />

intermediate 1,3-dihydroindol-2-one, they obtained the re<strong>active</strong> <strong>and</strong> stable<br />

precursor 147 for 2-carbosubstituted <strong>indoles</strong>, thus providing a valuable alternative<br />

to until that time reported synthetic strategies.<br />

In the upper examples the indole part was normally used as the heteroaryl halide<br />

unit that was coupled with several alkynes. The group around Abbiati reported<br />

about the <strong>synthesis</strong> <strong>of</strong> pyrazino[1,2-a]indole achieving by intramolecular cyclization<br />

<strong>of</strong> several 2-carbonyl-1-propargyl<strong>indoles</strong> in the presence <strong>of</strong> ammonia (Scheme<br />

38). [119] Therefore the authors used the Sonogashira coupling as key step by using<br />

the indole as the alkyne source <strong>and</strong> several aryl halides as coupling partners. The<br />

1-propargyl-1-H-indole-2-carbaldehyd 149a, the 2-acetyl-1-propargyl-1-H-indole<br />

149b, <strong>and</strong> the 2-benzo-yl-1-propargyl-1-H-indole 149c were synthesized by<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ard conditions, starting from readily accessible 1-H-indole-2-carbaldehyd,<br />

2-acetyl-1-H-indole <strong>and</strong> 2-benzoyl-1-H-indole. The following st<strong>and</strong>ard palladiumcatalyzed<br />

Sonogashira reaction <strong>of</strong> 149 with different aryl halides (R 2 -X) gave the<br />

resultant products 150 in 61-91% yield. Thermal cyclization <strong>of</strong> the intermediates<br />

150 led to pyrazino[1,2-a]<strong>indoles</strong> in good yields.<br />

HO<br />

R

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