M. Akazome, T. Kondo, Yoshihisa Watanabe
Jun 1, 1994
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Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract
The dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (PdCl 2 (PPh 3 ) 1 )-tin(II) chloride (SnCl 2 ) system shows high catalytic activity for the reductive N-heterocyclization of various 2-nitrostyrene and N-(2-nitrobenzylidene)amine derivatives when employed at 100 o C for 16 h under 20 kg cm -2 of initial carbon monoxide pressure, to give the corresponding indole and 2H-indazole derivatives in good yield. For example, 2-phenylindole was obtained in 75% yield from the reductive N-heterocyclization of 2-nitrostilbene