Issue 26, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Visible-light-induced aerobic dearomative reaction of indole derivatives: access to heterocycle fused or spirocyclo indolones†

Muliang Zhang,a   Yingqian Duan,a   Weipeng Li,a   Yixiang Chenga  and  Chengjian Zhu*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
E-mail: cjzhu@nju.edu.cn

b State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, P. R. China

Abstract

Oxazolo[3,2-a]indolone and spiro[furan-2,2′-indolin]one are synthesized by the visible-light-induced aerobic dearomative reaction of indoles. The common indole tethered alcohol at the N1 or C2 position reacts in a cascade fashion, providing facile access to diverse indolone scaffolds.

Graphical abstract: Visible-light-induced aerobic dearomative reaction of indole derivatives: access to heterocycle fused or spirocyclo indolones

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC00818F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Jan 2016
Accepted
19 Feb 2016
First published
19 Feb 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 4761-4763

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Visible-light-induced aerobic dearomative reaction of indole derivatives: access to heterocycle fused or spirocyclo indolones

M. Zhang, Y. Duan, W. Li, Y. Cheng and C. Zhu, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 4761 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC00818F

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