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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Luo X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5990840 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Luo Xiaojun X Liu Qiang Q Zhu Hongxia H Chen Huoji H
Royal Society open science 20180530 5
A copper-catalysed sulfenylation of indoles with sodium sulfinates that affords 3-sulfenylindoles in good-to-excellent yields in <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-dimethyl formamide (DMF) is described. In the process, DMF serves not only as a solvent but also as a reductant. This transformation is easy to carry out and has mild reaction conditions and good functional group tolerance. ...[more]