Intramolecular cyclizations Buchwald-Hartwig amination

A stoichiometric, intramolecular variant of the Buchwald-Hartwig amination was reported by D, L. Boger and J, S. Panek as early as 1984 in the synthesis of lavendamycin.7 They showed that 1.2 equiv of Pd(PPh3)4 could effect the intramolecular cyclization of an amino bromide 1 to the desired heterocycle 2. The absence of an external base to sequester the generated HBr rendered this reaction super-stoichiometric in palladium. 

Scheme 45 Synthesis of carbazoles 32 by Buchwald-Hartwig amination and subsequent cyclization by intramolecular Heck-type coupling of the intermediate diarylamines 197...

Buchwald parlayed the powerful Buchwald-Hartwig aryl amination technology [439-447] into a simple and versatile indoline synthesis [448-452], For example, indole 368, which has been employed in total syntheses of the marine alkaloids makaluvamine C and damirones A and B, was readily forged via the Pd-mediated cyclization shown below [448], This intramolecular amination is applicable to the synthesis of -substituted optically active indolines [450], and o-bromobenzylic bromides can be utilized in this methodology, as illustrated for the preparation of 369 [451]. Furthermore, this Pd-catalyzed amination reaction has been applied to the synthesis of arylhydrazones, which are substrates for the Fischer indole synthesis [453,454],... 

The palladium-catalyzed intramolecular C-H arylation of aromatic C-H bonds with haloarenes (Ar-H/Ar-X coupling, where X is halogen) is effective for the synthesis of carbazole alkaloids with amine linkers, as reported by Bedford and coworkers in 2006 (Scheme 16.16a) [34]. Buchwald-Hartwig coupling of an aryl bromide and an aniline derivative generated aryl chloride 91 in situ, which was easily cyclized under palladium catalysis to give clausine P in 80% yield. They also... 

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