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A new carbon-carbon bond forming reaction in indole chemistry. C 3-Arylation and alkylation with phenyl (β-indolyl) iodonium trifluoroacetate

RM Moriarty, YY Ku, M Sultana, A Tuncay

Index: Moriarty, Robert M.; Ku, Y. Y.; Sultana, M.; Tuncay, Atilla Tetrahedron Letters, 1987 , vol. 28, # 27 p. 3071 - 3074

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Abstract

Phenyl(β-indolyl)iodonium trifluoroacetate was reacted with various alkyl and aryllithiums (CH 3 , -C 4 H 9 , C 3 H 5 , C 6 H 5 ) in BF 3 Et 2 O/THF to yield C 3 -alkylation and arylation of the indole nucleus with reductive elimination of iodobenzene. ... Indoles; Houlihan, WJ; ed.; Wiley Interscience; New York.