Synthesis 2014; 46(15): 2071-2078
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1338633
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Trimethylsilyl Iodide as a Multifunctional Agent in the One-Pot Synthesis of 9-(1H-Indol-3-yl)xanthen-4-(9H)-ones from O-Methyl Protected Salicylaldehydes, Indoles, and β-Dicarbonyl Compounds

Ali Khalafi-Nezhad*
Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, 71454, Iran   Email: khalafi@chem.susc.ac.ir   Email: panahi@shirazu.ac.ir   Fax: +98(711)2280926
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Maryam Nourisefat
Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, 71454, Iran   Email: khalafi@chem.susc.ac.ir   Email: panahi@shirazu.ac.ir   Fax: +98(711)2280926
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Farhad Panahi*
Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, 71454, Iran   Email: khalafi@chem.susc.ac.ir   Email: panahi@shirazu.ac.ir   Fax: +98(711)2280926
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Publication History

Received: 05 February 2014

Accepted after revision: 04 April 2014

Publication Date:
14 May 2014 (online)


Abstract

Trimethylsilyl iodide (TMSI) is introduced as an efficient reagent for the one-pot synthesis of 9-(1H-indol-3-yl)xanthen-4-(9H)-ones using the reaction of 2-methoxybenzaldehydes (as O-methyl protected salicylaldehydes), indoles, and β-dicarbonyl compounds. In this protocol, a set of TMSI reactions involving silylation, silyl enol ether formation, methyl deprotection, and nucleophilic substitution/cyclization are performed to furnish the target product. The key step in this protocol is the deprotection of the methoxy group by TMSI.

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