Carbohydrate research

A mild and environmentally friendly scandium (III) trifluoromethanesulfonate-catalyzed synthesis of bis (3′-indolyl) alkanes and bis (3′-indolyl)-1-deoxyalditols

S Sato, T Sato

Index: Sato, Shingo; Sato, Toshihiro Carbohydrate Research, 2005 , vol. 340, # 14 p. 2251 - 2255

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Abstract

Bis (3′-indolyl) alkanes and bis (3′-indolyl) derivatives containing a 1-deoxyalditol moiety were synthesized in the presence of 5mol% of scandium (III) trifluoromethanesulfonate [Sc (OTf) 3] in CH3CN or EtOH–H2O mixture as a solvent from room temperature to 70° C in good yields (78–97%).