Palladium-catalyzed carbonylative synthesis of indole-3-carboxamides from 2-ethynylanilines and nitroarenes†
Abstract
A palladium-catalyzed carbonylative cyclization of 2-ethynylanilines with nitroarenes has been developed for the rapid synthesis of indole-3-carboxamide skeletons. By using nitroarenes as the nitrogen source and Mo(CO)6 as the CO surrogate, the reaction proceeded smoothly to furnish various indole-3-carboxamide derivatives in moderate to high yields.