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Regioselective and versatile synthesis of indoles via intramolecular Friedel-Crafts heteroannulation of enaminones
Cruz, María Del Carmen,Jiménez, Fabiola,Delgado, Francisco,Tamariz, Joaquín
, p. 749 - 755 (2007/10/03)
A new approach is described for the synthesis of substituted indoles 5, through an intramolecular and regioselective Friedel-Crafts cyclization of enaminones 6a-h catalyzed by Lewis acids. Compounds 6 were prepared from the 2-anilinocarbonyl compounds 7, by treatment with DMFDMA under thermal or microwave (MW) irradiation conditions. An alternative and shorter one-pot two-step synthesis of indoles 5 was achieved starting from compounds 7 and promoted by MW radiation, including the elusive 2-acetylindoles 5i-m. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
