Abstract

A temperature-dependent cascade of reactions between tryptamines and propargylic alcohols was developed to achieve selective formation of pyrroloindoline and pyrrolo[1,2-a]indole heterocycles by Ca(II) catalysis. The cascade consists of electrophilic addition of allene at the C3 carbon of indole followed by intramolecular cyclization at 60 °C to yield pyrroloindolines. Furthermore, simultaneous 1,2-allene migration and pyrrolidine ring opening were followed by intramolecular cyclization via C-N bond formation at reflux temperature to obtain pyrrolo[1,2-a]indole scaffolds. A wide range of substrates, a clean reaction profile, scalability, and good to excellent yields are the advantages of this protocol.

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