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Rapid Oxidation Indoles into 2-Oxindoles Mediated by PIFA in Combination with n-Bu4NCl ? H2O
Liang, Peng,Zhao, Hang,Zhou, Tingting,Zeng, Kaiyun,Jiao, Wei,Pan, Yang,Liu, Yazhou,Fang, Dongmei,Ma, Xiaofeng,Shao, Huawu
, p. 3532 - 3538 (2021)
We report the development of a rapid approach for directly converting indoles into 2-oxindoles promoted by HOCl formed in situ from the combination of (bis(trifluoroacetoxy) iodo)benzene (PIFA) and n-Bu4NCl ? H2O. The procedure is widely functional group tolerant and provides 2-oxindoles in up to 95% yield within 5 min. The potential applications of the developed methodology are demonstrated by the gram-scale preparation of 3-methyl-2-oxindole (11 a), the one-pot two-step syntheses of spiro-oxindoles 26 a and 26 b, and the formal synthesis of (-)-folicanthine (2). (Figure presented.).