Zhu YL, Dong YF, Wang SR, Li YG, Wu X, Ye LW. Nucleophile-Controlled Trapping of Gold Carbene by Nitriles and Water: Synthesis of 5
H-Pyrimido[5,4-
b]indoles and 2-Benzylidene-3-indolinones.
Org Lett 2024;
26:631-635. [PMID:
38214532 DOI:
10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03856]
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Abstract
A gold-catalyzed, nucleophile-controlled cascade reaction of N-(2-azidophenyl-ynyl)methanesulfonamides with nitriles and water is described that provides structurally diverse 5H-pyrimido[5,4-b]indoles and 2-benzylidene-3-indolinones in good to excellent yields. Mechanistic studies indicate that the β-sulfonamido-α-imino gold carbene is the key intermediate which is generated through the gold-catalyzed cyclization of N-(2-azidophenyl-ynyl)methanesulfonamides and undergoes formal [4 + 2] cascade annulation with nitriles and intramolecular SN2' type reaction with water, respectively.
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