Synthesis
DOI: 10.1055/a-2597-8248
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Metal-Free Synthesis of 1-(α-Hydroxyindole)-o-carboranes in Neat

Lin-Gen Zhang
a   State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials & School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, P. R. China
,
Wen Yuan
b   Sichuan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Mianyang, Sichuan, P. R. China
,
Shunsheng Yan
c   Basic Teaching Department, Tangshan University, Tangshan, P. R. China
,
Ke Cao
a   State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials & School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, P. R. China
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22071201), Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2024NSFSC0028), and Mianyang Science and Technology Program (2023ZYDF008).


Abstract

An efficient and environmentally friendly protocol for the synthesis of 1-(α-hydroxyindole)-o-carboranes has been developed via Friedel–Crafts reaction of C3-H of indoles with 1-formyl-o-carborane in the absence of Lewis acid and solvent. The intermolecular σ-π interaction between indole and B–H bonds of o-carborane was proposed for promoting the Friedel–Crafts reaction of the C3-H of indole.

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Publication History

Received: 18 March 2025

Accepted after revision: 30 April 2025

Accepted Manuscript online:
30 April 2025

Article published online:
26 May 2025

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