Cu-Catalyzed Denitrogenative Transannulation of 3-Aminoindazoles To Assemble 1-Aminoisoquinolines and 3-Aminobenzothiophenes.

We disclose a novel Cu-catalyzed denitrogenative transannulation of 3-aminoindazoles to afford diverse functionalized 3-aminobenzothiophenes and 1-aminoisoquinolines, in which denitrogenative transannulation of 3-aminoindazoles is reported for the first time. This transformation proceeds via an "extrude-and-sew" strategy with an unprecedented radical reactivity of 3-aminoindazoles.