Wu, Wenliang; Su, Weiping published their research in Journal of the American Chemical Society on August 10 ,2011. The article was titled 《Mild and Selective Ru-Catalyzed Formylation and Fe-Catalyzed Acylation of Free (N-H) Indoles Using Anilines as the Carbonyl Source》.Electric Literature of C10H6N2O The article contains the following contents:
Indoles undergo regioselective formylation and acylation reactions with N-methylaniline or N-benzylanilines in the presence of either ruthenium(III) or iron(II) chlorides using tert-Bu hydroperoxide as the oxidant to give 3-formyl or 3-benzoylindoles in 34-86% yields. The processes are operationally simple and compatible with a variety of functional groups. Reaction of indole with N-(13C-methyl)aniline yields 3-(13C-formyl)indole in 70% yield, unambiguously establishing that the carbonyl carbon in the formylation products originates from the Me group of N-Me aniline. In the experiment, the researchers used 3-Formyl-1H-indole-6-carbonitrile(cas: 83783-33-9Electric Literature of C10H6N2O)
3-Formyl-1H-indole-6-carbonitrile(cas: 83783-33-9) is a member of nitriles. Nitriles have been reduced to amines by many methods, especially by catalytic hydrogenation and by metal hydrides. Aliphatic and aromatic nitriles have also been reduced to nitro derivatives using hydrazinium monoformate in the presence of Raney-nickel.Electric Literature of C10H6N2O
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