A silver-promoted auto-tandem catalysis for the synthesis of multiply substituted tetrahydrocarbazoles.
Silver(I) triflate efficiently catalyzes the tandem reaction of acetylenic aldehydes with indoles to give highly substituted tetrahydrocarbazoles in high yields.
Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory on Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
Ming-Zhong
MZ
Wang
Cong-Ying
CY
Zhou
Chi-Ming
CM
Che
D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*
D000447:Aldehydes; D002227:Carbazoles; D007211:Indoles; D012834:Silver