ChemInform Abstract: Pd(OAc)2-Catalyzed C—H Activation of Indoles: A Facile Synthesis of 3-Cyanoindoles.

✍ Scribed by B. V. Subba Reddy; Zubeda Begum; Y. Jayasudhan Reddy; J. S. Yadav

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 34 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-7597
• DOI: 10.1002/chin.201038119

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The novel protocol allows the direct cyanation of indoles through C—H bond activation to give the C‐3 substituted derivatives regioselectively.They represent potential materials in drug synthesis and precursors of natural products.