Methyloxime-Directed Regioselective C2-H Bromination of Indoles and Their Subsequent Synthetic Elaboration to
Sandip Kumar Gupta1, Niranjan Panda1
1Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, Odisha 769008, India.
Abstract:
C2-Bromination of indole directed by an oxime group is reported, employing copper(II) bromide as the bromine source and catalyst in the presence of tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). This reaction provides a novel and efficient protocol for regioselective C2-H bond activation with concordant C-Br bond formation from an inorganic bromine source via the reductive elimination of the Cu(III)-species. Furthermore, synthetic elaboration of the resulting C2-bromoindoles for C2-arylation, alkynylation, and annulation to functionalized carbazoles was also reported.
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