C-H Alkenylation of Indoles through a Dual 1,3-Sulfur Migration Process.

Org Lett

School of Pharmacy, and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.

Published: October 2022

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Methods for the modification of indole derivatives are powerful techniques in organic, medicinal, and biomolecular chemistry. Here, we report a protocol for the C-H alkenylation of N-H indoles with β-chlorovinyl dithianes to furnish alkenyl indoles through dual 1,3-sulfur rearrangements. This alkenylation protocol could selectively prepare a variety of vinyl indoles in moderate to high yields with excellent functional group tolerance.

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