A Copper-Catalyzed Arylation of Tryptamines for the Direct Synthesis of Aryl Pyrroloindolines.

ABSTRACT: An operationally simple, copper-catalyzed arylation of N-tosyltryptamines provides direct access to C3-aryl pyrroloindolines. A range of electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents is tolerated on both the indole backbone and the aryl electrophile. These reactions occur under ambient temperatures and with equimolar quantities of the coupling partners.

SUBMITTER: Kieffer ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3480223 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature