Photochemical aerobic sulfonylation-cyclization-selenylation to indole-fused medium-sized N-heterocycles in 2-Me-THF
Tongtong Shi1, Miao Tian1, Zongfei Sun1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, P. R. China. mtian827@163.com.
Abstract:
Indole-fused medium-sized diazepinones are privileged structural motifs found in many high-value pharmaceuticals. To construct these challenging molecular skeletons, previous methods are mainly achieved by [5+2] annulation strategies with the aid of transition metal (Pd, Rh, Ru) catalyzed oxidative C-H coupling. Herein, we report a novel visible-light-induced sulfonylation-cyclization-selenylation reaction for the rapid construction of highly functionalized indole-fused medium-sized diazepinones with biomass feedstock 2-Me-THF as the medium. Based on the mechanism studied, an electrophilic radical sulfonylation-cyclization and subsequent aerobic electrophilic C-3 selenylation route is proposed.
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