{"title":"Ruthenium-catalyzed monodeuterium-methylenation of two indole units with vinylene carbonate as a novel methylene precursor†","authors":"Jiang Nan , Lulu Xu , Rui Cao","doi":"10.1039/d4cc06204c","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A new example of deuteration, involving ruthenium-catalyzed monodeuterium-methylenation of indole units with vinylene carbonate, is described. This reaction was used to build an array of promising highly deuterated bisindolylmethanes (d-BIMs). This methodology featured excellent functional group compatibility with diverse substrate categories such as indoles, <em>N</em>,<em>N</em>-dialkylanilines, and 1,3-dicarbonyls as well as having showcased the distinct chemical function of VC as an innovative methylene precursor.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"61 24","pages":"Pages 4718-4721"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chemical Communications","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1359734525003763","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A new example of deuteration, involving ruthenium-catalyzed monodeuterium-methylenation of indole units with vinylene carbonate, is described. This reaction was used to build an array of promising highly deuterated bisindolylmethanes (d-BIMs). This methodology featured excellent functional group compatibility with diverse substrate categories such as indoles, N,N-dialkylanilines, and 1,3-dicarbonyls as well as having showcased the distinct chemical function of VC as an innovative methylene precursor.
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