Electrooxidation Enables Selective Dehydrogenative [4+2] Annulation between Indole Derivatives

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2020.0

Abstract

Dearomative annulation of indoles has emerged as a powerful tool for the preparation of polycyclic indoline-based alkaloids. Compared with well-established methods towards five-membered-ring-fused indolines, the six-membered-ring-fused indolines are rarely accessed under thermal conditions. Herein, a dearomative [4+2] annulation between different indoles is developed through an electrochemical pathway. This transformation offers a remarkably regio- and stereoselective route to highly functionalized pyrimido[5,4-b]indoles under oxidant- and metal-free conditions. Notably, this electrochemical approach maintains excellent functional-group tolerance and can be extended as a modification tactic for pharmaceutical research. Preliminary mechanism studies indicate that the electrooxidation annulation proceeds through radical–radical cross-coupling between an indole radical cation and an N-centered radical generated in situ. © 2020 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

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