title: Copper(II)-Mediated Synthesis of Indolequinones from Bromoquinones and Enamines.
abstract: The reaction of enamines and bromoquinones in the presence of copper(II) acetate and potassium carbonate results in a regiospecific synthesis of indolequinones. The reaction is broad in scope and scalable and provides a route to the core structure that is present in several biologically interesting natural and synthetic compounds.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK , E-mail: martyn.inman@nottingham.ac.uk c.j.moody@nottingham.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/∼pczcm3/
authors.forename: Martyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inman
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Moody
keywords: Copper; Cycliza­tion; Nitrogen heterocycles; Quinones; Synthetic methods