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DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865370
Catalytic C-H Functionalization Driven by CO as a Stoichiometric Reductant - Application to Carbazole Synthesis
Contributor(s): Victor Snieckus, Oleg M. DemchukMerck & Co., Inc., New Jersey, USA
Catalytic C-H Functionalization Driven by CO as A Stoichiometric Reductant: Application to Carbazole Synthesis
Org. Lett. 2004, 6: 533-535
Publication History
Publication Date:
20 July 2005 (online)
Key words
carbazoles - carbon monoxide - cyclization
Significance
A general synthetic method for carbazole, thieno[2,3-b]indole and 9H-Pyrido[2,3-b]indoles by palladium-catalyzed CO-mediated reductive cyclization of 2-nitro biaryls compounds is reported. The reactions proceed in excelled yields under mild conditions. Comprehensive screening of conditions shows that conversion is increased with increasing temperature and pressure, with optimal conditions being 70 psi of CO and 140 °C in DMF utilizing 2 mol% of Pd(OAc)2 and 4 mol% of ligand (1,10-phenanthroline). A broad range of heterocycles has been prepared by this method.
Comment
The synthesized heterocycles constitute important frameworks in material science and pharmaceuticals. In particular, substituted carbazoles play an important role in the development of conducting and ferromagnetic polymers. The present catalytic procedure is an inexpensive and general method for the preparation of polysubstituted carbazole in multigrams scale.