Abstract
Stereo- and regioselective construction of poly-heterocycles, especially those with several contiguous stereocenters, is still a challenge. In this paper, catalyst-dependent stereodivergent and regioselective synthesis of indole-fused heterocycles through formal cycloadditions of indolyl-allenes has been developed. The reaction features total reversion of an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter when a gold or platinum complex was employed as the catalyst through [3 + 2] cycloaddition of allene with indole, affording different diazabenzo[a]cyclopenta[cd]azulenes as epimers, respectively. In addition, in the presence of IPrAuCl and AgNTf2, highly regioselective exo-type [2 + 2] cycloaddition was observed, in which allene served as a 2C synthon. This methodology provides a simple and straightforward approach for the construction of indole-fused tricyclic systems under mild conditions in an atom-economical way.
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