Synthesis of 3-(aminomethylene)-2-oxoindolines by palladium-catalyzed annulation of 3-chloro-2-iodo-N-arylacrylamides with amides or amines.

A new palladium-catalyzed C-H bond activation-annulation-amination tandem method was presented for selectively synthesizing 3-(aminomethylene)-2-oxoindolines. In the presence of Pd(dba)(2), xantphos (L8), AgOAc and Na(2)CO(3), a variety of 3-chloro-2-iodo-N-arylacrylamides underwent the reaction with amides or amines to afford the corresponding 3-(aminomethylene)-2-oxoindolines in moderate to good yields.