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A NEW CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMING REACTION IN INDOLE CHEMISTRY. C3-ARYLATION AND ALKYLATION WITH PHENYL (β-INDOLYL)IODONIUM TRIFLUOROACETATE
Moriarty, Robert M.,Ku, Y. Y.,Sultana, M.,Tuncay, Atilla
, p. 3071 - 3074 (2007/10/02)
Phenyl(β-indolyl)iodonium trifuoroacetate was reacted with various alkyl and aryllithiums (CH3, n-C4H9, C3H5, C6H5) in BF3Et2O/THF to yield C3-alkylation and arylation of the indole nucleus with reductive elimination of iodobenzene.