Organoiodine(iii) mediated intramolecular oxidative cyclization of 1-(3-arylisoquinolin-1-yl)-2-(arylmethylene)hydrazines to 5-aryl-3-(aryl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-a] isoquinolines†
Abstract
A series of 5-aryl-3-(aryl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-a]isoquinolines, 4 were obtained by oxidative cyclization of 1-(3-arylisoquinolin-1-yl)-2-(arylmethylene)hydrazines, 3, in the presence of a hypervalent iodine oxidant (iodobenzene diacetate, IDB) and dichloromethane at ambient temperature. This methodology involves a proficient metal-free intramolecular C–N bond formation, facilitated by a hypervalent iodine reagent.