Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (Sep 2009)
Pd/C-Mediated synthesis of indoles in water
Abstract
We describe the utility of a Pd/C-Cu mediated method in the synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted indoles in water via a coupling-cyclization strategy. Further application of this methodology has been demonstrated in the preparation of a target indole derivative via a 7-step process the key step being the Pd/C-mediated coupling reaction.
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