Chemistry Letters

Palladium-promoted aromatic annelation with acetylene dicarboxylates

T Sakakibara, Y Tanaka, S Yamasaki

Index: Sakakibara, Tsutomu; Tanaka, Yasuo; Yamasaki, Shin-ichi Chemistry Letters, 1986 , p. 797 - 800

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Citation Number: 30

Abstract

Benzene rings of N-alkyltoluidine and benzene (or iodobenzene) in acetic acid were annelated with acetylenedicarboxylates by palladium (II) acetate to give N-alkylindole-2, 3- dicarboxylate and naphthalene-1, 2, 3, 4-tetracarboxylate. The formation of the products are explained in terms of toluidine radical cation intermediates.