Anne-Chloé M. A. Nassoy, Piotr Raubo and Joseph P. A. Harrity
Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 5914-5916
DOI:
10.1039/C5CC00975H,
Communication
Azetidine and oxetane sulfinate salts are easily prepared from commercially available 3-iodoheterocycle precursors in a three-step sequence. They undergo smooth coupling reactions thereby providing an expedient route for the introduction of these four-membered heterocycles into indoles.