The use of anhydrous CeCl3 as a catalyst for the synthesis of 3-sulfenyl indoles

✍ Scribed by Claudio C. Silveira; Samuel R. Mendes; Lucas Wolf; Guilherme M. Martins

• Book ID: 104097474
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 788 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.02.038

✦ Synopsis

b s t r a c t Anhydrous CeCl 3 was successfully used as a catalyst for the synthesis of several 3-sulfenyl indoles in good to excellent yields through the reaction of indole with N-(alkylthio) and N-(arylthio)phthalimides in DMF.