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Pd-Catalyzed Regioselective Deuteration of Indole’s C4-Position with Transient Directing Groups

Chenxu Zheng,Zhi-Jiang Jiang,Ke Jin,Qian Wang,Jian-Fei Bai,Gang Xu,Zhanghua Gao

As a representative scaffold of alkaloids, indoles have been extensively subjected to deuteration, but the regioselective C4 labeling has not been achieved due to its low reactivity. In this work, a Pd-catalyzed deuterium labeling at the indole’s C4 position has been developed under the strategy of transient directing, using D2O as a deuterium source. The substituent effect is found to be crucial in facilitating this H/D exchange process, where the reversing C–D bond formation favors an electron-enriched ligation contrary to its C–H halogenation counterpart.