Acid-catalyzed isomerization of 3-indolyl sulfides to 2-indolyl sulfides: first synthesis of 3-unsubstituted 2-arylthioindoles. Evidence for a complex intermolecular …

P Hamel, Y Girard, JG Atkinson

Index: Journal of Organic Chemistry, , vol. 57, # 9 p. 2694 - 2699

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