Indole-Fused Benzoxepine Synthesis via Visible-Light-Driven Aerobic Dehydrogenative [5 + 2] Annulation

Org Lett. 2023 Nov 24;25(46):8258-8262. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03310. Epub 2023 Nov 13.

Abstract

A photocatalyzed oxidative dehydrogenative annulation between 2-(1H-indol-2-yl)phenols and alkenylphenols is presented. Various indole-fused benzoxepines can be obtained at room temperature using atom-efficient strategies. This method not only avoids the use of stoichiometric amounts of oxidants but also exhibits excellent atom economy by generating H2O as the only theoretical byproduct.