Aromatic heterocycles, Buchwald-Hartwig

To overcome the ring closure of intermediate 10 giving rise to by-product 8 that was particularly encountered with secondary alkyl halides. Tautens and coworkers [22] developed conditions that favor the oxidative addition of alkyl hahdes. The methodology was widely applied to the intramolecular (Scheme 19.12) and intermolecular ortho alkylation of aromatic C-H bonds with secondary alkyl iodides and bromides [23]. Depending on the terminating reactions employed (the Heck reaction, direct arylation of heterocycles, and the Buchwald-Hartwig amination), a variety of valuable heterocydes were efficiently prepared. It should be pointed out that the reaction of enantioenriched substrates occurred with... 

The first high yielding one-pot tandem Hartwig-Buchwald-Heck cyclization was reported and applied to the synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted indoles [201]. Commercially available enone 123 was coupled with 1,2-dibromobenzene to provide A -arylcncaminonc 124 which subsequently cyclized to indole derivative 125 [201]. This reaction was widely applicable to a variety of electron rich, electron poor and neutral aromatic bromides and chlorides as well as heterocyclic halides. Excellent yields were obtained regardless of the substitution pattern on the aromatic halide. 

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