Abstract
Palladium-catalyzed tandem cyclization-cross-coupling reaction of indolylborate 2 and vinyl bromide 5 was successfully applied in a short formal synthesis of olivacine. The reaction of 2 with 5 in the presence of Pd(OAc) 2 readily afforded three kinds of products, triene derivative 6 and vinylindole derivative 7, along with a small amount of the piperidine derivative 8 (Scheme 2). On the other hand, the reactions of 2 with bromide 10 or 15 were also examined (Schemes 4 and 5), and their outcome markedly depended on the relative ease of ring closure as a function of ring size. Irradiation of 6 with a high-pressure mercury lamp (→9; Scheme 2), followed by removal of the N-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl] group and subsequent oxidation afforded, after deprotection, pyridocarbazole 23, and the conversion of 23 to olivacine is known (Scheme 6).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1828-1837 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Helvetica Chimica Acta |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry