Chemical Communications 2012-05-25

nBu4NI-catalyzed C3-formylation of indoles with N-methylaniline.

Lan-Tao Li, Juan Huang, Hong-Ying Li, Li-Juan Wen, Peng Wang, Bin Wang

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 48(42) , 5187-9, (2012)

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Abstract

nBu(4)NI-catalyzed C3-selective formylation of N-H and N-substituted indoles by using N-methylaniline as a formylating reagent was first successfully demonstrated.This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012