Accessing N-heteroarylated indoles and benzimidazoles from 2-alkynyl cyclohexadienimines and cyclohexadienones through metal-catalyzed tandem reactions.

Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 2012 Dec 14

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N-Indolyl or N-benzofuranyl indoles and benzimidazoles were prepared through metal-catalyzed tandem reactions between 2-alkynyl cyclohexadienimines or cyclohexadienones and 2-alkynylanilines or N(1)-benzylbenzene-1,2-diamine.

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Min Yang, Jie Tang, Renhua Fan. Accessing N-heteroarylated indoles and benzimidazoles from 2-alkynyl cyclohexadienimines and cyclohexadienones through metal-catalyzed tandem reactions. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 2012 Dec 14;48(96):11775-7