A mild and carbon monoxide gas-free palladium-catalyzed aminocarbonylation of indole has been developed for the synthesis of N-benzoylindoles. This method uses Mo(CO)6 as a convenient CO-precursor and BuPAd2 as the ligand. A number of substituents on the aryl bromide species is tolerated under the presented conditions and gave the desired products in up to excellent yields.
Key words
benzoylindole - aminocarbonylation - palladium catalyst - molybdenum hexacarbonyl - indole