title: Metallation of N-vinylpyrroles and -indoles with Hg(OAc)2: N-vinyl vs. pyrrole nucleophilic sites.
abstract: N-Vinylpyrroles and -indoles bearing electron-withdrawing substituents at the pyrrole ring are mercurated, with 1 equivalent of Hg(OAc)(2) in dry MeCN (20-80 °C), regioselectively at the vinyl group (yields are almost quantitative), while their congeners without electron-withdrawing functions are mercurated both at the N-vinyl group and the pyrrole ring.
authors.affiliation: A E Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russian Federation. boris_trofimov@irioch.irk.ru
authors.forename: Boris A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Trofimov
authors.forename: Andrey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: Igor A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Ushakov
authors.forename: Elena Yu
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Lyubov N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Sobenina
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vasil'tsov
authors.forename: Albina I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Mikhaleva
mesh_terms: D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008628:Mercury / Q000737:chemistry*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000737:chemistry*; D014753:Vinyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D011758:Pyrroles; D014753:Vinyl Compounds; D008628:Mercury; C029823:mercuric acetate