An interrupted Ugi reaction enables the preparation of substituted indoxyls and aminoindoles

John S. Schneekloth; Jr ,.Jimin Kim; Erik J. Sorensen

doi:10.1016/j.tet.2008.08.055

An interrupted Ugi reaction enables the preparation of substituted indoxyls and aminoindoles

John S. Schneekloth, Jr ,.Jimin Kim, Erik J. Sorensen

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Abstract

In a variation of the classical Ugi reaction, an acid-promoted reaction between imines and isocyanides forms both 3-aminoindoles and substituted indoxyls. A recently reported triflyl phosphoramide is shown to be critical to obtain high yields under mild conditions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3096-3101
Number of pages	6
Journal	Tetrahedron
Volume	65
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2008.08.055
State	Published - Apr 18 2009

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Drug Discovery
Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry

Keywords

Heterocycles
Isocyanides
Multicomponent reactions
Synthetic methods

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An interrupted Ugi reaction enables the preparation of substituted indoxyls and aminoindoles

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