Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A new method for synthesis of 4-substituted indoles has been developed by using the 7-arylthio-6-7-dihydroindol-4(5H) one5 as a common intermediate. The method was applied to the synthesis of (S)-(−)-pindolol (11) and (±)-chuangxinmycin (16).