molecules Review Review RecentRecent ProgressProgress Concerningconcerning the the NN-Arylation-Arylation of of Indoles Indoles Petr Oeser, Jakub Koudelka, Artem Petrenko and Tomáš Tobrman * Petr Oeser, Jakub Koudelka , Artem Petrenko and Tomáš Tobrman * Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic;
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[email protected] Abstract: This review summarizes the current state-of-the-art procedures in terms of the prepara- Abstract:tion of N-arylindoles.This review summarizesAfter a short the intr currentoduction, state-of-the-art the transition-metal procedures-free in procedures terms of the available preparation for oftheN N-arylindoles.-arylation of After indoles a short are briefly introduction, discussed. the Th transition-metal-freeen, the nickel-catalyzed procedures and palladium-catalyzed available for the NN-arylation-arylation ofof indoles are brieflyboth discussed. discussed. In Then,the next the section, nickel-catalyzed copper-catalyzed and palladium-catalyzed procedures for the NN-arylation-arylation ofof indolesindoles areare bothdescribed. discussed. The final In the sectio nextn section,focuses copper-catalyzedon recent findings procedures in the field forof bio- the Nlogically-arylation active of indolesN-arylindoles. are described. The final section focuses on recent findings in the field of biologically active N-arylindoles. Keywords: N-arylation; indole; Buchwald–Hartwig amination; Ullmann condensation; Chan–Lam Keywords:coupling N-arylation; indole; Buchwald–Hartwig amination; Ullmann condensation; Chan– Lam coupling 1.