Shathaverdhan Potavathri, Ashley S. Dumas, Timothy A. Dwight
Jun 16, 2008
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N-Acetylindoles can be oxidatively coupled with arenes such as benzene or pentafluorobenzene in dioxane. The use of Cu(OAc)(2) as the stoichiometric oxidant produces selective arylation at the 3-position of indole while AgOAc produces selective arylation at indole's 2-position.