Issue 25, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Ruthenium porphyrin catalyzed diimination of indoles with aryl azides as the nitrene source†

Jinhu Wei,‡ab   Wenbo Xiao,‡b   Cong-Ying Zhouab  and  Chi-Ming Che*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research & Innovation, Shenzhen, China

b State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
E-mail: cmche@hku.hk
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Abstract

By using [Ru(TTP)CO] [H2TTP = meso-tetrakis(4-tolyl)porphyrin] as catalyst and aryl azides as the nitrene source, the sp2(C–H) bonds of a series of indoles undergo oxidative C–N bond formation to give unique 2,3-diimination products in good to high yields.

Graphical abstract: Ruthenium porphyrin catalyzed diimination of indoles with aryl azides as the nitrene source

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC49052A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Nov 2013
Accepted
04 Feb 2014
First published
06 Feb 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3373-3376

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Ruthenium porphyrin catalyzed diimination of indoles with aryl azides as the nitrene source

J. Wei, W. Xiao, C. Zhou and C. Che, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 3373 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49052A

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