The synthesis of 1-methyl-3-(arylthio)-1H-indoles has been achieved by the photoredox reaction of N-methylindoles with readily available arylsulfonyl chlorides in moderate yields.
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Visible light-induced 3-sulfenylation of N-methylindoles with arylsulfonyl chlorides
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Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 11686-11688
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC36866H
Received 21 Sep 2012, Accepted 19 Oct 2012
First published online 22 Oct 2012
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