Synlett 2014; 25(6): 831-834
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1340831
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

A Highly Regioselective Synthesis of N-Acyl-2-acyl(aroyl)indolium Chloride through Palladium-Copper Catalysis Followed by Friedel–Crafts Reaction

Authors

  • Md. Wahab Khan*

    Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh   Email: mwkhan@chem.buet.ac.bd
  • Arifa Akther

    Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh   Email: mwkhan@chem.buet.ac.bd
  • Md. Shariful Alam

    Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh   Email: mwkhan@chem.buet.ac.bd
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Publication History

Received: 23 November 2013

Accepted after revision: 27 January 2014

Publication Date:
05 March 2014 (online)


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Abstract

2-Trimethylsilylethynyl acetanilides, obtained from the palladium-catalyzed reactions of 2-iodoacetanilides with trimethylsilylacetylene, underwent Friedel–Crafts acylation reactions yielding the N-acyl-2-acyl(aroyl)indolium chlorides in good yields.

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