A general and efficient Rh(I)-catalyzed decarbonylative direct C2-olefination of indoles with vinyl carboxylic acids has been developed. The reaction exhibits excellent functional group tolerance, regioselectivity and stereoselectivity, giving a broad range of C2-alkenylated indoles in good to excellent yields.

TFA/DMSO combination was found to efficiently promote the cross-dehydrogenative coupling of a wide range hetaryl thiols with indole derivatives, leading 3-(hetarylsulfenyl)indoles in good-to excellent yields under mild heating conditions. Two-fold hetarylsulfenylation indoles 2- and 3-positions could be conveniently achieved by simply adapting molar ratio starting materials.

An efficient, one-pot synthesis was developed for 3-aminoalkylated indoles by three-component coupling reaction of aldehydes, N-methylanilines, and indoles using AgOTf as a catalyst. A series of twenty 3-aminoalkylated indoles was evaluated for their antibacterial activities against both Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria. Compounds 4b and 4r showed good antibacterial activity against bot...

The copper-mediated cyanation of indoles with DMF as a single surrogate has been realized. This approach could be applied for the cyanation of some electron-rich arenes and aryl aldehydes as well. Aryl aldehydes were demonstrated to be the key intermediates in the cascade process of cyanation of indoles and electron-rich arenes.

Antifilarial activity of 5/6/7/8-mono- or disubstituted 1 H/1-phenyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indoles (I) has been described. The 1,6- and 8-substituted 9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indoles (I) elicited interesting filaricidal activity against Litomosoides carinii and Acanthocheilonema viteae in rodent hosts.

Two complementary procedures have been developed for the conversion of the oximes of alpha-aryl ketones to azirines. On heating, the azirines rearrange smoothly to the corresponding indoles. The overall transformation offers a versatile route to indoles, complementary to the Fischer indole synthesis.

Cascade fluorofunctionalisation of 2,3-unsubstituted indoles featuring the formation of C-C, C-F and C-O bonds via electrophilic fluorination using N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide is described. The use of an O-nucleophile tethered to the nitrogen of indoles enables the synthesis of polycyclic fluorinated indoline derivatives from simple precursors in 40-63% yields.

Tandem reactions and consecutive catalysis (or relay catalysis) have been receiving considerable attention in organic synthesis due to their abilities of constructing multiple new chemical bonds to build complex chiral molecules in a single operation. Transition-metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation is one of the most widely used and reliable catalytic methods for preparation of chiral molec...

The N-arylindole subunit is an important species in many biologically active and pharmaceutically important compounds, which display antiestrogen [1], analgesic [2], antiallergy [3], antimicrobial [4], and neuroleptic activity [5]. Although the traditional coppercatalyzed coupling of an aryl halide with a heteroatombased nucleophile, the Ullmann-type coupling reaction, has remained a standard m...

A series of 1-pentyl-1H-indol-3-yl-(1-naphthyl)methanes (9-11) and 2-methyl-1-pentyl-1H-indol-3-yl-(1-naphthyl)methanes (12-14) have been synthesized to investigate the hypothesis that cannabimimetic 3-(1-naphthoyl)indoles interact with the CB(1) receptor by hydrogen bonding to the carbonyl group. Indoles 9-11 have significant (K(i)=17-23nM) receptor affinity, somewhat less than that of the cor...