Experimental Results and Mechanistic Insights on the Reactions of Indolylmethyl Acetates with Soft Carbon Pronucleophiles

Antonio Arcadi; Massimiliano Aschi; Marco Chiarini; Giancarlo Fabrizi; Andrea Fochetti; Antonella Goggiamani; Federica Iavarone; Antonia Iazzetti; Andrea Serraiocco; Roberta Zoppoli

doi:10.1021/acsomega.4c02409

Experimental Results and Mechanistic Insights on the Reactions of Indolylmethyl Acetates with Soft Carbon Pronucleophiles

Antonio Arcadi, Massimiliano Aschi, Marco Chiarini, Giancarlo Fabrizi^*, Andrea Fochetti, Antonella Goggiamani, Federica Iavarone, Antonia Iazzetti^*, Andrea Serraiocco, Roberta Zoppoli

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The palladium-catalyzed reaction of N-protected 2-indolylmethyl acetates with soft carbon pronucleophiles is described. Besides the formation of the expected coupling reaction at the C1 ' position, unprecedented attack at the C3 position of the plausible eta(3)-indolyl-palladium intermediate has been observed, and the selectivity control C1 '/C3 seems to depend on the nature of the protecting group and ligand. The reactivity of 3-indolylmethyl acetates has also been also investigated. Quantum chemical calculations support the experimental results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Number of pages	13
Journal	ACS Omega
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c02409
Publication status	Published - 2024

Keywords

indole-2-carbinol
2- indolylmethyl acetates
palladium
indole-3-carbinol

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Experimental Results and Mechanistic Insights on the Reactions of Indolylmethyl Acetates with Soft Carbon Pronucleophiles

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