Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu, Shuo Tong, Zhengren Xu, Mathias Mamboury
Treatment of o-nitrostyrenes with aqueous TiCl3 solution at room temperature afforded indoles via a formal reductive C(sp2)-H amination process. A range of functions such as halides (Cl, Br), carbonyl (ester, carbamate), cyano, hydroxyl and amino groups we ...
Wiley-Blackwell2015