{"title":"Electrochemical Dual Trifluoromethylation/Cyclization of 2-Aryl-N-acryloyl Indoles Enabling Assembly of Indole[2,1-a]isoquinolines","authors":"Haibo Mei, Yucheng Zhang, Jiang Liu, Jorge Escorihuela, Lorand Kiss, Jianlin Han","doi":"10.1002/adsc.202401225","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"An electrochemical cascade radical cyclization of 2-aryl-N-acryloyl indoles with sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate as a coupling partner has been explored, which afforded the unexpected bis-trifluoromethylated indole[2,1-a]isoquinolines as products. Experimental results and DFT calculations disclose that this reaction involves trifluoromethylation-triggered cyclization and the second trifluoromethylation as the key steps. This strategy does not need any transition-metal catalysts or oxidants with a readily available trifluoromethylating reagent enabling facile synthesis of bis-trifluoromethylated indole-fused tricycles.","PeriodicalId":118,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202401225","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
An electrochemical cascade radical cyclization of 2-aryl-N-acryloyl indoles with sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate as a coupling partner has been explored, which afforded the unexpected bis-trifluoromethylated indole[2,1-a]isoquinolines as products. Experimental results and DFT calculations disclose that this reaction involves trifluoromethylation-triggered cyclization and the second trifluoromethylation as the key steps. This strategy does not need any transition-metal catalysts or oxidants with a readily available trifluoromethylating reagent enabling facile synthesis of bis-trifluoromethylated indole-fused tricycles.
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