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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Nov 29;132(50):17933–17944. doi: 10.1021/ja1086485

Table 8.

Nucleophilic additions to 5,6-indolynes with varying N-substituentsa

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trapping agent (Nuc) N-substitudent (R) yield ratio (C5 : C6)
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H 72% 2 : 1
Boc 72% 1.1 : 1
graphic file with name nihms255340t32.jpg Me 73% 3 : 1
H 91% 2.9 : 1
Boc 83% 1.5 : 1
Bn–N3 Me 94% 1.6 : 1
H 90% 1.8 : 1
Boc 82% 1.3 : 1
KCN Me 84% 1.7 : 1
H 40%b 1.8 : 1
Boc 67% 1.6 : 1
a

Conditions: see supporting information.

b

Yield reported after Boc-protection