Abstract
In an attempt to construct 10-acyl-5H-benzo[e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepines via acid-catalyzed intramolecular alkyne carbonyl metathesis, two distinctive modes of cyclization were revealed to depend on the reaction temperatures. 5H-Benzo[e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepine-1-carbaldehydes with a substituent at the C11 position were obtained as major products at 90 °C as a result of intramolecular 7-endo-dig cyclization, while 6-endo-dig ring closure by electrophilic addition of nitrogen of the pyrrole to a vinyl cation generated under acidic medium followed by an unprecedented domino rearrangement process was observed at 40 °C in some cases, resulting in 5-aryl-11H-benzo[d]pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepine-1-carbaldehydes along with the former products.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1474-1477 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 Mar 17 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (2014R1A2A1A11050491) (to I.K.). We thank Mr. Juwon Kang (Yonsei University) for conducting preliminary experiments of this study.
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© 2017 American Chemical Society.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry