A metal‐free aerobicoxidative C–H sulfenylation of aryl‐fused cyclic amines with various thiols was developed with excellent functional compatibility. While flavin I catalyzed the C–H sulfenylation of indolines to afford 3‐sulfenylindoles, flavin II enabled transformations resulting in substitution at the position para to the N atom on the aryl ring to obtain 6‐sulfenylquinolines.
convenient method for the synthesis of 3-methylthioindoles has been established which does not use smelly compounds such as thiol derivatives. The method, which introduces an alkyl- or arylthio-group into the C(3)-position of the indole skeleton, was extended to the direct introduction of a methylthio or bromo group at the C(2)-position using 3-methylthioindoles. No dimerization occurred, and the reaction
An iodine-catalyzed regioselective sulfenylation of indoles in the presence of DMSO has been presented. Various indoles can react with aryl thiols or alkyl thiols to afford their corresponding 3-sulfenylindoles in good to excellent yields. The notable features of this protocol include easy operation, metal-free reaction conditions, and excellent functional group tolerance.
An Iodine-catalysed process for an efficient and scalable sulfenylation protocol for indoles employing aryl-/alkyl sulfonyl chlorides has been developed. A series of sterically and electronically divergent aryl-/alkyl sulfonyl chlorides participated in the sulfenylation of C(sp2)–H bonds, resulting in a high to excellent yield of indole 3-sulfenylether molecules. It is noteworthy that indole-3-thiomethyl