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99.2, 91.0, 81.5, 55.4; HRMS (EI) calcd for C17H13NO (M+) 247.0997, found
Acknowledgments
247.0993.
Compound 3d: (53%); IR (KBr)
m 3402, 2207, 1624, 1536, 1465, 1415, 1235,
1097, 747 cmÀ1 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 8.18 (s, 1H, NH), 7.90–7.87 (m,
;
We thank the financial support for this work from the National
Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20602033) and National
Basic Research Program of China (2006CB922001).
1H), 7.58–7.55 (m, 1H), 7.44–7.39 (m, 2H), 7.32–7.29 (m, 1H), 7.25–7.19 (m,
4H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) d 136.2 (2C), 133.7, 130.2, 129.4 (2C), 129.2,
127.4, 125.0, 124.2, 121.9, 121.1, 112.4, 99.4, 89.7, 89.1; HRMS (EI) calcd for
C16H10NCl (M+) 251.0502, found 251.0498.
Compound 3e: (95%); IR (KBr)
m 3424, 2201, 1634, 1538, 1506, 1456, 1419,
References and notes
1236, 803, 772, 746 cmÀ1 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 8.54 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H),
;
8.15 (s, 1H, NH), 7.93–7.90 (m, 1H), 7.86–7.76 (m, 3H), 7.59 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H),
7.53–7.41 (m, 3H), 7.38–7.32 (m, 1H), 7.27–7.22 (m, 2H); 13C NMR (75 MHz,
CDCl3) d 135.4, 133.4, 133.3, 130.0, 128.6, 128.4, 128.2, 128.1, 126.8, 126.5,
126.4, 125.5, 123.4, 122.0, 121.0, 120.2, 111.6, 99.1, 89.4, 88.2; HRMS (EI) calcd
for C20H13N (M+) 267.1048, found 267.1041.
1. (a) Sundberg, R. J. In Indoles (Best Synthetic Methods); Academic: London, 1996;
pp 1–6; (b) Katritzky, A. R.; Pozharskii, A. F. Handbook of Heterocyclic Chemistry;
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2. Cacchi, S.; Fabrizi, G. Chem. Rev. 2005, 105, 2873.
Compound 3f: (65%); IR (KBr)
m 3408, 3058, 2858, 2196, 1617, 1534, 1455, 1417,
3. For recent examples of Pd-catalyzed arylation of indoles, see: (a) Lane, B. S.;
Sames, D. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 2897; (b) Lane, B. S.; Brown, M. A.; Sames, D. J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8050; (c) Bressy, C.; Alberico, D.; Lautens, M. J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2005, 127, 13148; (d) Deprez, N. R.; Kalyani, D.; Krause, A.; Sanford, M. S. J.
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Chem. 2007, 72, 1476; (f) Dwight, T. A.; Rue, N. R.; Charyk, D.; Josselyn, R.;
DeBoef, B. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 3137; (g) Stuart, D. R.; Villemure, E.; Fagnou, K. J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 12072.
4. For recent examples of Pd-catalyzed vinylation of indoles, see: (a) Jia, C.; Lu,
W.; Kitamura, T.; Fujiwara, Y. Org. Lett. 1999, 1, 2097; (b) Ferreira, E. M.; Stoltz,
B. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 95783; (c) Liu, C.; Widenhoefer, R. A. J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 10250; (d) Grimster, N. P.; Gauntlett, C.; Godfrey, C. R. A.;
Gaunt, M. J. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 3125.
5. Seregin, I. V.; Ryabova, V.; Gevorgyan, V. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 7742.
6. (a) Yue, D.; Larock, R. C. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1037; (b) Zhang, H.; Larock, R. C. J.
Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 7048. and references therein.
7. Arcadi, A.; Cacchi, S.; Fabrizi, G.; Marinelli, F.; Parisi, L. M. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70,
6213. and references therein.
8. 1-Bromophenylacetylene (2a) was prepared by reaction of phenylacetylene
with silver nitrate and N-bromosuccinimide. See: Li, L.-S.; Wu, Y.-L. Tetrahedron
Lett. 2002, 43, 2427.
9. The reaction of 1-iodophenylacetylene with indole (1a) under various
conditions did not give alkynylated indole, only homocoupled product 1,3-
diyne was observed.
1245, 743 cmÀ1 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 8.13 (s, 1H, NH), 7.73 (d, J = 7.2 Hz,
;
1H), 7.34–7.32 (m, 2H), 7.24–7.14 (m, 2H), 6.21–6.18 (m, 1H), 2.28 (d, J = 1.8 Hz,
2H), 2.16–2.14 (m, 2H), 1.73–1.55 (m, 4H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) d 135.3,
133.8, 128.6, 127.4, 123.1, 121.4, 120.6, 120.1, 111.4, 99.4, 93.0, 80.0, 29.8, 25.9,
22.6, 21.8; HRMS (EI) calcd for C16H15N (M+) 221.1204, found 221.1208.
Compound 3g: (88%); IR (KBr)
m
2928, 2204, 1605, 1564, 1504, 1463, 1382,
1288, 1247, 1176, 1116, 1032, 831, 743 cmÀ1
;
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 7.72
(d, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.41 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 2H), 7.24–7.10 (m, 4H), 6.79 (d, J = 8.7 Hz,
2H), 3.73 (s, 3H), 3.67 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) d 159.2, 136.4, 132.8
(2C), 132.0, 129.3, 122.7, 120.3 (2C), 116.6, 114.1 (2C), 109.6, 97.4, 90.8, 81.6,
55.4, 33.1; HRMS (EI) calcd for C18H15NO (M+) 261.1154, found 261.1146.
Compound 3h: (72%); IR (KBr)
m
3053, 2928, 2197, 1723, 1613, 1536, 1469,
1380, 1337, 1251, 1161, 1052, 918, 802, 742, 510, 426 cmÀ1
;
1H NMR (300 MHz,
CDCl3) d 7.72 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.31–7.15 (m, 4H), 6.18 (br s, 1H), 3.76 (s, 3 H),
2.28 (m, 2 H), 2.16–2.15 (m, 2 H), 1.70–1.57 (m, 4H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) d
136.4, 133.4, 131.8, 129.4, 122.7, 121.5, 120.3, 120.2, 109.5, 99.4, 93.0, 80.2,
33.1, 29.8, 25.9, 22.7, 21.8; HRMS (EI) calcd for C17H17N (M+) 235.1361, found
235.1360.
Compound 3i: (77%); IR (KBr)
m 3415, 2936, 2210, 1485, 1212, 1050, 756,
690 cmÀ1 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 8.14 (s, 1H, NH), 7.59–7.55 (m, 2H), 7.41
;
(d, J = 2.7 Hz, 1H), 7.35–7.21 (m, 5H), 6.90 (dd, J = 6.6, 2.4 Hz, 1H), 3.89 (s, 3H);
13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): d 154.9, 131.3 (2C), 130.3, 129.0, 128.6, 128.3 (2C),
127.6, 124.1, 113.5, 112.2, 101.5, 98.2, 91.2, 83.2, 55.8; HRMS (EI) calcd for
C17H13NO (M+) 247.0997, found 247.0993.
10. Zhang, Z.; Hu, Z.; Yu, Z.; Lei, P.; Chi, H.; Wang, Y.; He, R. Tetrahedron Lett. 2007,
48, 2175.
Compound 3j: (75%); IR (KBr)
m 3435, 2948, 2215, 1692, 1620, 1432, 1273, 1194,
1114, 986, 746, 689 cmÀ1 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 8.57 (s, 1H, NH), 7.94 (d,
;
11. General Procedure: To a mixture of indole (0.5 mmol), PdCl2(PPh3)2 (0.05 mmol,
10 mol %), and NaOAc (1.0 mmol, 2 equiv.) in THF (1.0 mL), bromoalkyne
(1.5 mmol, 3.0 equiv.) was added. The resulting mixture was stirred under 50 °C
until completion (as monitored by TLC). The solvent was removed under
reduced pressure and the residue was purified by flash column chromatography
using petroleum/EtOAc as eluent to afford pure products (3a–j).
J = 8.7 Hz, 1H), 7.57 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 2 H), 7.49 (d, J = 2.4 Hz, 1H), 7.38–7.30 (m, 3H),
7.28–7.24 (m, 2H), 3.95 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) d 168.3, 138.0, 131.5
(2C), 129.8, 129.4, 128.8, 128.5 (2C), 128.2, 128.0, 124.5, 123.0, 111.5, 100.3,
91.9, 82.2, 52.1; HRMS (EI) calcd for C18H13NO2 (M+) 275.0946, found 275.0946.
12. The structure of 3-phenylethynylindole (3a) was established by 2D NOESY
experiment, which showed cross peak between proton on C-2 at d 7.43 (d,
Compound 3a: (89%); IR (KBr)
m ;
3390, 2214, 1635, 1457, 1237, 747, 689 cmÀ1
J = 2.4 Hz, 1H) and proton on indole nitrogen at
d 8.21 (br s, 1H, NH);
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 8.21 (br s, 1H, NH), 7.84 (d, J = 6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.57 (d,
J = 7.8 Hz, 2H), 7.43 (d, J = 2.4 Hz, 1H), 7.38–7.30 (m, 4H), 7.26–7.20 (m, 2H); 13C
NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) d 135.4, 131.5 (2C), 128.6, 128.5 (2C), 128.0, 127.7, 124.3,
123.3, 120.9, 120.2, 111.5, 98.9, 91.3, 83.1.
additionally, 2-phenylethynylindole is a known compound, which showed
proton on C-3 at d 6.84 (d, J = 2.4 Hz, 1H). See: Nagamochi, M.; Fang, Y.-Q.;
Lautens, M. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 2955.
13. When the reaction of indole (1a) with 1-bromophenylacetylene (2a) was
carried out in unpurified THF in the presence of 5% PdCl2(PPh3)2 and 2 equiv.
NaOAc, 88% yield of 3a was obtained.
14. When the substitute of bromoalkyne 2 is alkyl group (e.g., in 1-bromo-1-
octyne), no alkynylated indole was produced, only homocoupled product 1,3-
diyne was observed.
Compound 3b: (92%); IR (KBr)
m
3413, 3059, 2961, 2208, 1618, 1500, 1458,
1416, 1362, 1331, 1260, 834, 744 cmÀ1
;
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 8.20 (br s,
1H, NH), 7.82 (d, J = 6.9 Hz, 1H), 7.50 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.42 (d, J = 2.7 Hz, 1H),
7.38–7.34 (m, 3H), 7.25–7.18 (m, 2H), 1.30 (s, 9H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) d
151.0, 135.4, 131.2 (2C), 128.7, 127.8, 125.4 (2C), 123.2, 121.3, 120.8, 120.2,
111.5, 99.2, 91.3, 82.3, 34.9, 31.4(3C); HRMS (EI) calcd for C20H19N (M+)
273.1517, found 273.1517.
15. Compound 3k: (55%); IR (KBr)
m 3400, 3057, 2920, 2204, 1597, 1555, 1488,
1457, 1260, 749, 692 cmÀ1 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 7.91 (br s, 1H, NH),
;
Compound 3c: (90%); IR (KBr)
m 3383, 2216, 1605, 1503, 1423, 1247, 836,
7.72–7.69 (m, 1H), 7.57–7.53 (m, 2H), 7.36–7.27 (m, 3H), 7.20–7.13 (m, 3H),
2.48 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) d 139.6, 134.9, 131.4 (2C), 129.3, 128.4
(2C), 127.5, 124.6, 122.3, 120.7, 119.4, 110.7, 96.5, 93.0, 83.4, 12.9; HRMS (EI)
calcd for C17H13N (M+) 231.1048, found 231.1049.
817 cmÀ1 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 8.15 (s, 1H, NH), 7.82 (d, J = 6.6 Hz, 1H),
;
7.50 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 2H), 7.39 (d, J = 2.7 Hz, 1H), 7.33 (d, J = 6.6 Hz, 1H), 7.26–7.21
(m, 2H), 6.88 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 2H), 3.81 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) d 159.3,
135.4, 132.9 (2C), 128.6, 127.6, 123.2, 120.8, 120.2, 116.5, 114.1 (2C), 111.5,