Efficient synthesis of 3-borylated indolines via cobalt-catalyzed dearomative borylation of indoles
摘要
The high efficiency of the cobalt(II) terpyridine complex as a precatalyst in the dearomative borylation of indoles using pinacolborane as the borylation agent was demonstrated. The reaction was tested on a series of indoles bearing substituents of different nature at the C-5 position of the indole ring and with various electron-withdrawing protecting groups on the indole nitrogen. The applicability of the proposed synthetic protocol for gram-scale synthesis was also demonstrated. The resulting pinacolboranes were subsequently converted into the corresponding boron fluorides with high yields.