From Indoles to Carbazoles: Tandem Cp* Rh (III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation/Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions

…, SS Zhang, CY Jiang, Q Li, ZS Huang, H Wang

Index: Hu, Fangdong; Xia, Ying; Ye, Fei; Liu, Zhenxing; Ma, Chen; Zhang, Yan; Wang, Jianbo Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2014 , vol. 53, # 5 p. 1364 - 1367 Angew. Chem., 2014 , vol. 126, # 5 p. 1388 - 1391,4

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Abstract

A tandem Cp* Rh (III)-catalyzed C–H activation/Brønsted acid-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization allows a facile synthesis of carbazoles from readily available indoles. The reaction proceeds under rather mild reaction conditions with the generation of water and N2