title: Promoting Reductive Tandem Reactions of Nitrostyrenes with Mo(CO)6 and a Palladium Catalyst To Produce 3H-Indoles.
abstract: The combination of Mo(CO)6 and 10 mol % of palladium acetate catalyzes the transformation of 2-nitroarenes to 3H-indoles through a tandem cyclization-[1,2] shift reaction of in situ generated nitrosoarenes. Mo(CO)6 appears to have dual roles in this transformation: generate CO and promote C-N bond formation to increase the yield of the N-heterocycle product.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7061, United States.
authors.forename: Navendu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jana
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7061, United States.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7061, United States.
authors.forename: Tom G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Driver