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SUBMITTER: Govaerts S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9641658 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Govaerts Sebastian S Nakamura Kento K Constantin Timothée T Leonori Daniele D
Organic letters 20221021 43
Indoles are among the most important <i>N</i>-heterocycles in pharmaceuticals. Here, we present an alternative to the classic Fischer indole synthesis based on the radical coupling between aryl diazoniums and alkyl iodides. This iron-mediated strategy features a double role for the aryl diazoniums that sequentially activate the alkyl iodides through halogen-atom transfer and then serve as radical acceptors. The process operates under mild conditions and enables the preparation of densely functio ...[more]