Gold(I) or Silver Catalyzed Synthesis of α-Indolylacrylates

Valentina Pirovano, Diego Facoetti, Monica Dell’Acqua, Emanuela Della Fontana, Giorgio Abbiati, Elisabetta Rossi

Organic Letters · 2013 · 24 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

Methyl 2-acetamidoacrylate reacted with various 2-substituted indoles in the presence of catalytic amounts of AgSbF6 or AuPPh3NTf2 to provide the corresponding methyl 2-(2-substituted-1H-indol-3-yl)acrylates.

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