Flexible and practical synthesis of 3-oxyindoles through gold-catalyzed intermolecular oxidation of o-ethynylanilines
作者:Chao Shu、Long Li、Xin-Yu Xiao、Yong-Fei Yu、Yi-Fan Ping、Jin-Mei Zhou、Long-Wu Ye
DOI:10.1039/c4cc03565h
日期:——
A novel gold-catalyzedintermolecular oxidation of o-ethynylanilines has been developed. A range of functionalized 3-oxyindoles are readily accessed by utilizing this strategy. Importantly, this gold-catalyzed oxidative process outcompetes the typical indole formation.