American Chemical Society, Organic Letters, 5(15), p. 1060-1063, 2013
DOI: 10.1021/ol400064r
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An auto-tandem Pd-catalyzed process consisting of an intramolecular direct arylation and an intermolecular BuchwaldHartwig reaction for C-ring amino-substituted 1-methyl-1H-α-carboline synthesis has been developed. A mechanistic study of the direct arylation reaction revealed a rate effect of the inorganic base on the CH activation step (base effect). The amines, reagents in the tandem protocol, appear to have a similar effect on the direct arylation.