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ChemInform Abstract: A Copper-Catalyzed Tandem Synthesis of Indolo- and Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines
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ChemInform Abstract: A Copper-Catalyzed Tandem Synthesis of Indolo- and Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines

Akhilesh Kumar Verma, Tanay Kesharwani, Jaspal Singh, Vibha Tandon and Richard C. Larock
ChemInform, Vol.40(22), 149
06/02/2009

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Abstract

A facile and direct synthesis of the title compounds is accomplished with excellent regioselectivity: indoles or pyrroles react with ortho-haloarylalkynes in the presence of an inexpensive CuI/hydroxymethyl benzotriazole system. The chemistry appears to involve the preferential nucleophilic addition of the indole or pyrrole onto the haloarylalkyne over N-arylation of the halide.

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