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Exploration of Biaryl Carboxylic Acids as Proton Shuttles for the Selective Functionalization of Indole C-H Bonds
Pi, Jing-Jing,Lu, Xiao-Yu,Liu, Jing-Hui,Lu, Xi,Xiao, Bin,Fu, Yao,Guimond, Nicolas
, p. 5791 - 5800 (2018)
A survey of diversely substituted 2-arylbenzoic acids were synthesized and tested for use as proton shuttle in the direct arylation of indoles with bromobenzenes. It was found that 3-ethoxy-2-phenylbenzoic acid gives superior yield and selectivity for this class of substrates.
