Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling between Pyridine <i>N</i>-Oxides and Indoles

Xue Gong, Guoyong Song, Hong Zhang, Xingwei Li

Organic Letters · 2011 · 202 citations · 44 references

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Abstract

A Pd(II)-catalyzed oxidative coupling between pyridine N-oxides and N-substituted indoles via 2-fold C-H bond activation was achieved with high selectivity using Ag(2)CO(3) as an oxidant.

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