title: Dirhodium(II) carboxylate catalyzed formation of 1,2,3-trisubstituted indoles from styryl azides.
abstract: Dirhodium(II)-carboxylate complexes were discovered to promote the selective migration of acyl groups in trisubstituted styryl azides to form 1,2,3-trisubstituted indoles. The styryl azides are readily available in three steps from cyclobutanone and 2-iodoaniline.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St., Chicago (USA) http://www.chem.uic.edu/driver.
authors.forename: Crystalann
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Quyen
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Tom G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Driver
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D003503:Cyclobutanes / Q000737:chemistry; D007211:Indoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012238:Rhodium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C552400:2-iodobenzenamine; D000814:Aniline Compounds; D001386:Azides; D003503:Cyclobutanes; D007211:Indoles; D012238:Rhodium
keywords: azides; electrocyclic reactions; indole; rhodium; synthetic methods