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A copper(ii)-catalyzed annulative formylation of o-alkynylanilines with DMF: a single-step strategy for 3-formyl indoles
Ganesan, Balaji,Senadi, Gopal Chandru,Guo, Bing-Chun,Hung, Min-Yuan,Lin, Wei-Yu
, p. 40968 - 40973 (2018)
In this paper, a copper(ii)-catalyzed reaction of o-alkynylanilines with dimethylformamide (DMF) in the presence of oxygen has been developed for synthesizing multisubstituted 3-formyl indole scaffolds. This one-pot reaction proceeds through a cascade 5-endo-dig cyclization followed by formylation to construct 1,2-disubstituted 3-formyl indoles. The key aspects of this synthesis method are the broad substrate scope (with 38 examples), and well tolerating various functional groups. In addition, a detailed mechanism has been proposed, where DMF may serve as a carbon source for the in situ C3 formylation of the obtained indole derivatives.
