Issue 23, 2011

Blue-luminescent 5-(3-indolyl)oxazoles via microwave-assisted three-component coupling–cycloisomerization–Fischer indole synthesis

Abstract

Aryl-substituted 5-(3-indolyl)oxazoles are readily synthesized in a novel one-pot three-component synthesis consisting of a microwave assisted sequence of Sonogashira coupling, an acid-catalyzed cycloisomerization, and a concluding Fischer indole synthesis. All title compounds are intensely blue-luminescent with large Stokes shifts upon UV-irradiation. The experimental absorption spectra are rationalized by ZINDO-CI computations based upon DFT geometry optimization.

Graphical abstract: Blue-luminescent 5-(3-indolyl)oxazoles via microwave-assisted three-component coupling–cycloisomerization–Fischer indole synthesis

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Jul 2011
Accepted
08 Sep 2011
First published
09 Sep 2011

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011,9, 8130-8140

Blue-luminescent 5-(3-indolyl)oxazoles via microwave-assisted three-component coupling–cycloisomerization–Fischer indole synthesis

O. Grotkopp, A. Ahmad, W. Frank and T. J. J. Müller, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 8130 DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06153D

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