Synlett 2009(6): 1004-1008  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1088195
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A Convenient Synthesis of Indolo- and Pyrrolobenzazepines via a Threefold Norbornene-Mediated Domino Reaction

Valentina Aureggi, Marion Davoust, Kersten M. Gericke, Mark Lautens*
Department of Chemistry, Davenport Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada
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Received 23 October 2008
Publikationsdatum:
16. März 2009 (online)

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Abstract

A practical synthesis of a novel class of fused hetero­cycles was developed from 1-(2-iodobenzyl)-1H-pyrrole and -indoles with various bromoalkyl aryl alkynes. This palladium(0)-catalyzed norbornene-mediated domino reaction allows the efficient formation of three carbon-carbon bonds in a one-pot procedure with PdCl2 and tri-2-furylphosphine (TFP), in the presence of norbornene and Cs2CO3 in acetonitrile at 90 ˚C. New seven-membered-ring fused heterocycles are obtained in moderate to excellent yields.