Pyridinium salts - Versatile reagents for the regioselective synthesis of functionalized thiazocino[2,3-b]indoles by tandem dinucleophilic reactions of thiooxindoles

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2012.09.059

The reaction of thiooxindoles with various 2- and 3-substituted pyridinium salts afforded a variety of functionalized thiazocinoindoles. The products have been prepared in good to excellent yields by regioselective dinucleophilic C/S-cyclocondensation of