Step and redox efficient nitroarene to indole synthesis
Bünyamin Özkaya, Christina L. Bub, Frédéric W. Patureau
Abstract
Step and redox efficiencies are a rising priority in synthetic method development, in order to make synthetic processes more sustainable and more affordable. Herein, a step and redox efficient nitroarene to indole synthesis is developed, in sharp contrast to the rich literature on the construction of indoles. Elemental zinc was found to be the best terminal reductant.
Topics & Concepts
Indole testRedoxCombinatorial chemistryChemistryZincOxidation reductionOrganic chemistryBiochemistryNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsSynthesis of Indole DerivativesCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods