Abstract
The Swern oxidation of various indolic substrates is described, and a range of products resulting from overall oxidation at the 2-position were observed. In particular, depending on the substrate and reaction conditions, it was possible to achieve direct oxidation to a, ß-unsaturated systems at the 2-position, to introduce a nucleophile at the 2-position, and to introduce a CH3-S-CH2 group at the indole 4-position via an unprecedented rearrangement of a Swern intermediate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4593-4596 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Jun 1999 |
Keywords
- Indoles
- Oxidation
- Rearrangements
- Swern