title: Room temperature palladium-catalyzed 2-arylation of indoles.
abstract: This communication describes the rational development of a PdII-catalyzed method for the direct 2-arylation of indoles using [Ar-IIII-Ar]BF4. These reactions proceed under remarkably mild conditions (often at room temperature and in the presence of ambient air and moisture), and these features are believed to be the result of a PdII/IV mechanism operating in these systems. These transformations can be used to prepare functionally diverse 2-arylated indoles and pyrroles, and their potential utility has been expanded by the development of an in situ procedure for generating the iodine(III) arylating reagents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Deprez
authors.forename: Dipannita
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kalyani
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: Melanie S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sanford
mesh_terms: D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D007211:Indoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D007211:Indoles; D010165:Palladium; C022957:1-methylindole