ISSN:
1434-193X
Keywords:
Diazo compounds
;
Carbenes
;
Heterocycles
;
Enaminones
;
Indoles
;
Chemistry
;
General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Copper-catalyzed decomposition of alkyl diazoacetates in the presence of semicyclic enaminones 1a-o leads primarily to enamino esters 2 which constitute formal products of C-C insertion of the carbene unit. In the case of N-methyl (1a-e) and N-benzyl (1f-i) enaminones, 2a-i are accompanied by 2,3,5,6-tetrahydroindoles 3a-i, in which two carbene moieties are incorporated. At 250 °C, compounds 2b-e, which could not be isolated in pure form, undergo cyclocondensation to form 1,2,3,5-tetrahydrocyclopenta-[b]pyrroles 4b-e. In contrast, 2f-i can be isolated as Z,E mixtures and are transformed thermally into 4f-i only in the presence of silica gel. Carbene transfer to N-phenyl enaminones 1j-m and N-methyl enamino esters 1n,o leads only to the 1:1 adducts, enamino esters 2j-o, which do not undergo the cyclocondensation reaction under the previous conditions. Dehydrogenation of tetrahydroindoles 3c-e with tetrachloro-p-benzoquinone can be controlled to give either 1,2-dihydroindole-6,7-dicarboxylates 5 or indole-6,7-dicarboxylates 6.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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