title: Palladium-catalyzed indolization of N-aroylbenzotriazoles with disubstituted alkynes.
abstract: The palladium-catalyzed denitrogenative indolization of N-aroylbenzotriazoles 1 and internal alkynes 2 produced the corresponding polysubstituted indoles 3 in good to high yields. For example, the reaction of 5,6-dimethyl-1-[4-(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl]benzotriazole (1j) with 6-dodecyne (2a), 4-octyne (2b), and diphenylacetylene (2f) in the presence of 10 mol % of Pd(PPh(3))(4) without solvent at 130 degrees C gave the corresponding indoles 3i, 3l, and 3p in 74, 71, and 41% yields, respectively. In the present reaction, the aroylbenzotriazole acts as a synthetic equivalent of a 2-haloanilide in Larock's indole synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan. itaru-n@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: Naozumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shiraiwa
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terada
mesh_terms: D000480:Alkynes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D007211:Indoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014230:Triazoles / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000480:Alkynes; D007211:Indoles; D014230:Triazoles; D010165:Palladium