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AUTHOR
Teresa Aznar Saliente
The reactivity of 2-vinylindoles with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate
Abstract The overall rates of reaction of 1-substltuted-1- (1-methyl-2-indolyl)ethenes with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate are considerably lower than those of the corresponding 2-vinyl- pyrroles. Steric interaction between the N-methyl group on the indole ring and the 1-substituent on the ethenyl group prevents the diene system adopting a coplanar cisoid configuration and, thereby, inhibits the π4 + π2 cycloaddition reaction of the system with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate. Under such conditions, the indolylethene preferentially undergoes a Michael addition reaction at the 3-position. The π4 + π2 cycloaddition reaction is promoted at elevated temperatures. No evidence was found for a Co…
Pyrrole Studies XXVII.1Utilisation of 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolyl Lithium in the Synthesis of 1-Methyl-2-substituted Pyrroles
Abstract Although metallation of 1-substituted pyrroles with alkyl lithium reagents to give the lithiated derivatives has been recorded by several research groups,4–6 only limited use has been made of these derivatives in the synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted pyrroles. Subsequent to ourinitial studies,7 it was reported that tetrahydrofuran was the solvent of choice for the formation of the mono-lithiated pyrrole derivative and that the rate of the metallation was accelerated by the presence of TMEDA.6 We had noted,7 however, that prolonged reaction of n-butyl lithium with 1-methylpyrrole in a 2:1 mixture of tetrahydrofuran:hexaneat ca 18°C in the absence of TMEDA gave 1-methyl-2-pyrrolyl lithi…