Abstract
"Chemical Equation Presented" The 6,7-indolyne shows remarkable regioselectivity in its cycloaddition with 2-substituted furans. Electron-donating groups give predominantly the more sterically crowded product, while electron-withdrawing groups display the opposite regioselectivity. By contrast, 4,5- and 5,6-indolynes show no regioselectivity. Optimized electronic structure calculations using the M06-2X density functional and 6-311+G(2df,p) basis set revealed that the 6,7-indolynes are highly polar structures and that their cycloadditions have substantial electrophilic substitution character that leads to the observed preference for contrasteric products.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 96-99 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2010 |