Synfacts 2008(10): 1088-1088  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078233
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
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Indoline Synthesis via a C-H Insertion-Carbopalladation-Cyclization Sequence

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Tobias Thaler
C. E. Houlden, C. D. Bailey, J. G. Ford, M. R. Gagné, G. C. Lloyd-Jones*, K. I. Booker-Milburn*
University of Bristol and AstraZeneca PR&D, Macclesfield, UK; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
22 September 2008 (online)

Significance

A novel one-pot access to functionalized indolines via a Pd(II)-catalyzed C-H activation-carbopalladation-cyclization sequence has been disclosed. The presence of a palladium tosylate species was observed to be crucial for the reaction.