Indolization-carbonylation

The tandem indolization-carbonylation of o-alkynylanilines has been explored by two groups. Kondo and co-workers have effected the synthesis of 3-carbomethoxyindoles 317 [417, 418], and Arcadi has modified this reaction to prepare 3-acylindoles 318 [419],... 

The preparative methods of synthesis of isomeric pyrridazinoindoles, jointed in different ways, have been worked out, based on application indole carbonyl derivatives with subsequent built of pyrridazine cycle. For some... 

Both o-aminobenzyl aldehydes and ketones rapidly cyclize and undergo dehydration to indoles. The generation of these carbonyl compounds therefore represents a quite reliable route to indoles. The complication is that while there... 

The final step can involve introduction of the amino group or of the carbonyl group. o-Nitrobenzyl aldehydes and ketones are useful intermediates which undergo cyclization and aromatization upon reduction. The carbonyl group can also be introduced by oxidation of alcohols or alkenes or by ozonolysis. There are also examples of preparing indoles from o-aminophcnyl-acetonitriles by partial reduction of the cyano group. 

Indoles can also be alkylated by lactones[l4]. Base-catalysed reactions have been reported for (3-propiolactone[15], y-butyrolactone[10] and 5-valerolac-tone[10]. These reactions probably reflect the thermodynamic instability of the N -acylindole intermediate which would be formed by attack at the carbonyl group relative to reclosure to the lactone. The reversibility of the JV-acylation would permit the thermodynamically favourable N-alkylation to occur. 

Fluorophenyl)indol-l-ylzinc chloride 3-(Pyridin-3-yl)-l /7,3-f -pyrrolo[l, 2-c]thiazole-7-carbonyl chloride >45 [8]... 

Indolization of 3-substituted phenylhydrazone 59 normally gives rise to two isomeric products, 4-substituted indole 60 and 6-substituted indole 61. The ratio of 60 to 61 from the cyclization depends on the nature of the R group, the structure of the carbonyl... 

The Gassman indole synthesis involves an one-pot process in which hypohalite, a P-carbonyl sulfide derivative 2, and a base are added sequentially to an aniline or a substituted aniline 1 to provide 3-thioalkoxyindoles 3. Raney nickel-mediated desulfurization of 3 then produces the parent indole... 

The mechanism of the indolization of aniline 5 with methylthio-2-propanone 6 is illustrated below. Aniline 5 reacts with f-BuOCl to provide A-chloroaniline 9. This chloroaniline 9 reacts with sulfide 6 to yield azasulfonium salt 10. Deprotonation of the carbon atom adjacent to the sulfur provides the ylide 11. Intramolecular attack of the nucleophilic portion of the ylide 11 in a Sommelet-Hauser type rearrangement produces 12. Proton transfer and re-aromatization leads to 13 after which intramolecular addition of the amine to the carbonyl function generates the carbinolamine 14. Dehydration of 14 by prototropic rearrangement eventually furnishes the indole 8. 

Under basic conditions, the o-nitrotoluene (5) undergoes condensation with ethyl oxalate (2) to provide the a-ketoester 6. After hydrolysis of the ester functional group, the nitro moiety in 7 is then reduced to an amino function, which reacts with the carbonyl group to provide the cyclized intermediate 13. Aromatization of 13 by loss of water gives the indole-2-carboxylic acid (9). 

Butin et al. reported that the indole derivative 29 was prepared by treatment of 2-tosylaminobenzylfuran 25 with ethanolic HCl in 78% yield. The furan ring served as the origin of a carbonyl group in this modification of the Reissert procedure. ... 

This reaction is also a key method for the formation of tetrahydro-P-carbolines 5 from indole bases 4 and aldehydes, ketones, or 1,2-di carbonyl compounds 2. These reactions are similarly acid-catalyzed or thermally-induced and have been utilized in the synthesis of numerous indole alkaloids. 

The Pictet-Spengler condensation of indole bases and carbonyl compounds to form 3-carbolines involves a slightly different mechanism than the isoquinoline... 

The early literature on the reactions of the indole Grignard reagents with the simple diacid chlorides, in particular with carbonyl chloride and oxalyl chloride (see Section III,C,4,b), is both conflicting and confusing and much of the work reported warrants repetition since the evidence presented in support of many of the structural assignments made is not entirel3 convincing. 

Another approach to the l-oxo-l,2-dihydro-j8-carboline system is that due to King and Stiller. When 2-ethoxy carbonyl-3-formyl-indole is condensed with hippuric acid the azlactone 162 is formed, which, with 10% methanolic potassium hydroxide, gives a mixture of the orthoester 163 and the potassium salt 164. 

When methyl 2-(indol-2-yl)acrylate derivative (22a) reacted with A-methoxy-carbonyl-l,2-dihydropyridine (8a) in refluxing toluene, in addition to the dimer of 22a (25%), a mixture of the expected isoquinculidine 23a and the product 24a (two isomers) was obtained in 7% and 45% yields, respectively (81CC37). The formation of 24a indicates the involvement of the 3,4-double bond of dihydropyridine. Similarly, Diels-Alder reaction of methyl l-methyl-2-(indol-2-yl)acrylate (22b) with 8a gave, in addition to dimer of 22b, a mixture of adducts 23b and 24b. However, in this case, product 23b was obtained as a major product in a 3 2 mixture of two isomers (with a- and (3-COOMe). The major isomer shows an a-conhguration. The yields of the dimer, 23b, and 24b were 25%, 30%, and 6%, respectively. Thus, a substituent on the nitrogen atom or at the 3-position of indole favors the formation of the isoquinuclidine adduct 23. 

The Diels-Alder reactions of the methyl or ethyl ester of benzenesulfonylindole-2-acrylic acid with several l-alkoxycarbonyl-l,2-dihydropyridines are reported and only a single stereoisomer was obtained, as in the case of l-methoxy(ethoxy)-carbonyl-1,2-dihydropyridines. However, when the Diels-Alder reaction of 17 was carried out with 8g[R = (CHsjsC], a mixture of two stereoisomers 18gand25were obtained in a 1 1 ratio (65% total yield). The bulky rerr-butyl group creates sufficient steric interference with the indole ring to cause the loss of stereochemistry ... 

The Ti coordination via the carbocycle prevails for indole and carbazole, although the species were also found in organomanganese and -iridium chemistry. Osmium carbonyls tend to produce the species with the bridging indole function. Some illustrations of the ti N) coordination exist. 

In order to allow further transformation to an indole, the carbonyl compound 8 must contain an a-methylene group. The hydrazone 1 needs not to be isolated. An equimolar mixture of arylhydrazine 7 and aldehyde or ketone 8 may be treated directly under the reaction conditions for the Fischer indole synthesis. ... 

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