Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (11): 1837-1840.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(16)62522-6

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Selective arylation/annulation cascade reactions of 2-alkynylanilines with diaryliodonium salts

Ying Duana,b, Yanliang Yangb, Xiaoyu Daib, Dongmi Lib   

  1. a College of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, Henan, China;
    b College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Materials, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, Henan, China
  • Received:2016-07-16 Revised:2016-09-13 Online:2016-11-25 Published:2016-11-25
  • Contact: Ying Duan,Tel/Fax:+86-379-68618516; E-mail:duanying7@163.com
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    This work was supported by the Intercollegiate Key Scientific Research Projects of Henan Province (15A150018).

Abstract:

An efficient Cu catalyzed selective arylation/annulation cascade reaction of 2-alkynylanilines with diaryliodonium salts was developed. This reaction was selective to N-arylation instead of C-arylation, which provides a simple synthetic method for N-aryl indoles.

Key words: Selective arylation, Annulation, Diaryliodonium salt, 2-Alkynylaniline, N-Aryl indole, Cascade reaction