Synthesis of 6-bromo-2-arylindoles using 2-iodobenzoic acid as precursor

I Valois-Escamilla, A Alvarez-Hernandez…

Index: Tetrahedron Letters, , vol. 52, # 29 p. 3726 - 3728

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Abstract

... Tetrahedron Letters. Volume 52, Issue 29, 20 July 2011, Pages 3726–3728. ... In this letter we show that commercial 2-iodobenzoic acid can be regioselectively brominated at C-5 and then subjected to Curtius rearrangement to give a carbamate derivative of 2-iodo-5-bromoaniline ...