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Solventless Clay-Promoted Friedel-Crafts Reaction of Indoles with α-Amido Sulfones: Unexpected Synthesis of 3-(1-Arylsulfonylalkyl) Indoles

R Ballini, A Palmieri, M Petrini, E Torregiani

Index: Ballini, Roberte; Palmieri, Alessandro; Petrini, Marino; Torregiani, Elisabetta Organic Letters, 2006 , vol. 8, # 18 p. 4093 - 4096

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Citation Number: 81

Abstract

Friedel-Crafts reaction of indoles with α-amido sulfones in the presence of montmorillonite K- 10 leads unexpectedly to 3-(1-arylsulfonylalkyl) indoles in good yield. The obtained products can be further desulfonylated under reductive or alkylative conditions giving linear and ...