Indoles allene reactions with

Hidai and co-workers found that 3-vinylindole 326 undergoes cyclocarbonylation to afford 1-acetoxycarbazole 327 [425]. The reaction of indole with allene and CO in the presence of catalytic Pd(0) leads to Af-acylation (328) in good yield [426], An analogous reaction with 5-hydroxyindole affords N- and O-acylation products (47% yield). 

Seven- and eight-membered cycloalke pling of allenes. The reductive cyclizatkm o-nitrobenzylidenimines afford indoles an StiUe coupling. The effect of some ined. With Cu(l) salt as cocatalyst the pn of hindered biphenyls and terphenyls. ( 2-substituted indoles, 3,4-diarylfurans. nation is accomplished by reaction with RNHR and BujSnNEtj). ... 

Although less studied than O- and N-nueleophiles, other nueleophilic partners possessing H-X bonds can participate in gold-eatalyzed hydrofunctionalization reactions. Hence, the intermoleeular hydroarylation ie. C(sp2)-H bond addition] of allenes with indoles was reported in the presence of [(IPr) AuCl]. Using the same catalyst, Che and co-workers investigated an interesting cascade terminated by an alkyne hydroarylation step. The intramolecular allene hydroarylation with indoles was also described by Alcaide and Almendros. ... 

An intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of allenic dienamide 181 provided the tet-rahydroindole ring system 182, which was oxidized with DDQ or Mn02 to give indole derivatives [147]. 

Benzofuranyl)pyrroles, 2-(2-thienyl)pyrroles , 2,2 -dipyrroles, 3-(2-pyr-rolyl)indoles , 2-(2-benzimidazolyl)pyrroles and2-(2-, 3- and4-pyridyl)pyrroles were prepared using this method. Reaction of alkynes (for example, propyne) or allene with ketoximes in a superbase system (MOH/DMSO) leads to 2,5-di- or 2,3,5-trisubstituted pyrroles Pyrroles and dipyrroles were synthesized also from corresponding dioximes and acetylene in a KOH/DMSO system It has also been shown that 1,2-dichloroeth-ane can serve as a source of acetylene in pyrrole synthesis. Oxime 52 in the system acetylene/RbOH/DMSO at 70 °C afforded a mixture of three pyrroles 53-55 in low yields (equation 23). The formation of product 53 occurred through recyclization of pyrrolopy-ridine intermediate. ... 

Grigg and Xu have developed a variety of so-called queuing cascades involving allenes. The intra-intermolecular carbopalladation sequence of the <9-iodo-A-methyl-A -(methylallyl)aniline 142 and 1,1-dimethylallene 143 with subsequent / -dehydropalladation leads to the 1,3-dienyl-substituted indole derivative 144, which is immediately trapped by an added dienophile (e.g., A-methylmaleimide) in a Diels-Alder reaction to yield 145 (Scheme 37)7 ... 

It is reported that the palladium-catalysed intramolecular aromatization of 1,1 -dichloro-9/T-fluoren-9-yIidene (15) may lead to the formation of fullerene fragments.89 The amiulation reaction, under palladium catalysis, between iodoanflines and ketones may yield indole derivatives.90 There have also been studies of the palladium-catalysed carbonylation of o-iodophenols with allenes which may lead to l-benzopyran-4-one derivatives,91 of the intramolecular coupling of phenols with aryl halides,92 and of the intramolecular Heck aiylation of cyclic enamides.93... 

More recently, Maddaluno and Le Strat have described a new access to 3-vinylbenzofu-rans and 3-vinylfuropyridines 377 from acetylenic precursors 376. Halogen-lithium exchange triggers an irreversible 5-exo-dig addition on the triple bond, followed by a lithium ethoxide elimination. A final isomerization of the exocyclic allene provides a useful 1,3-dienic system (Scheme 99)160. These authors also reported that the corresponding indoles could be obtained in a similar way, but a previous isomerization of the acetylenic moiety with f-BuOK is necessary to effect the cyclization reaction. 

An interesting transformation involving the indole nucleus was found from propargylic carboxylates to give tetracychc compounds with Au(I) (equation 85). This reaction proceeds by an allene-gold complex in equilibrium with the aUcenyl-gold species, which reacts intramolecularly with the indole to form the product. When the reaction of these substrates is performed with dichloro(pyridine-2-carboxylato)gold(III) or Pt(II) as catalysts, products in equation (86) are obtained instead. This new reactivity can be explained by a formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,3-dipole... 

The first carbon addition to allenes catalyzed by gold was described by Hashmi and was the addition of furans to allenones, a reaction that is discussed as a conjugate addition to carbonyls. Then the annulation of 2-allenyl indoles was described (equation 111)and an enantioselective version was later developed for terminal allenes. Then Nelson described the cyclization of an N-substituted pyrrol in the synthesis of (—)-Rhazinilam (equation 112). In that case, gold notably improved the yields and selectivities obtained with Pd(II) or Ag(l), and gave complete retention of the chiral information of the allene. The most recent report is on the hydroarylations of allenes with gold-covered substituted benzenes as substrates. ""... 

Reaction of the o-iodoaniline derivative 431 with 1,2-decadiene in the presence of the chiral bisoxazoline 433 as a ligand and Ag salt provided the indoline 432 with 80 % ee [164], Construction of indole skeletons was carried out by intramolecular carbopalladation of allenes followed by amination. The 7r-allylpalladium intermediate 435 was formed from o-iodoaniline derivative 434, and intramolecular amination afforded the indole 436 in 89 % yield [165]. 

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