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INDOLE SYNTHESES UTILIZING o-METHYLPHENYL ISOCYANIDES.
Ito,Kobayashi,Seko,Saegusa
, p. 73 - 84 (2007/10/02)
New indole synthesis starting with o-methylphenyl isocyanides such as o-tolyl, 2,4-xylyl, and 2,6-xylyl isocyanide is described. Treatment of o-tolyl isocyanide with LDA in diglyme at minus 78 degree C generated selectively o-(lithiomethyl)phenyl isocyanide in an almost quantitative yield, which on warming up to room temperature was cyclized to indole after aqueous workup. Similarly, 2,4-xylyl and 2,6-xylyl and 2,6-xylyl isocyanides were cyclized to 5-methylindole and 7-methylindole quantitatively. The o-(lithiomethyl)phenyl isocyanides reacted with electrophiles such as alkyl halides and alkylene oxides to give o-alkylphenyl isocyanides, which were cyclized via the lithiation at the orthobenzylic carbon to afford 3-substituted indoles.
