With the increased concerns about economical and environment issues, more efficient and environmentally benign protocols for the synthesis of valuable organic compounds are being developed extensively. In this respect, two types of methodologies, tand...
With the increased concerns about economical and environment issues, more efficient and environmentally benign protocols for the synthesis of valuable organic compounds are being developed extensively. In this respect, two types of methodologies, tandem reactions and multicomponent reactions, have received much attention since they enable development of efficient synthetic routes by transforming multiple reactions into a single synthetic operation or by constructing diverse complex molecules through the combination of multiple starting materials. In this dissertation, developments of a new tandem reaction and a new multicomponent reaction are described, which afford important indole and sulfonyl fluoride derivatives, respectively.
Chapter 1 describes the synthesis of indole derivatives via a palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reaction followed by tandem cyclization. This method allowed us to obtain 2-substituted indole derivatives with high atom efficiency, saving time and resources. In addition, the Pd–Fe3O4 nanoparticle catalyst could be recovered with an external magnet and reused up to ten times without the loss of its catalytic activity.
Chapter 2 describes the synthesis of arenesulfonyl fluoride derivatives from sulfuryl fluoride, arynes, and amines via a multicomponent reaction. This novel and practical protocol allow for the direct synthesis of sulfonyl fluoride derivatives under mild transition-metal-free conditions. The simple and powerful approach also enabled participation of other nucleophiles such as isocyanides, imines, and phosphines in the multicomponent coupling process for the preparation of diverse sulfonyl fluoride derivatives.