Changduo Pan, Yun Wang, Chao Wu and Jin-Tao Yu
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018,16, 693-697
DOI:
10.1039/C7OB03039H,
Communication
A rhodium(III)-catalyzed direct cross-coupling reaction of indolines with maleimides via C–H bond activation was developed. This protocol displays good functional group tolerance, which offers a novel approach to access C7 modified indoline derivatives including maleimide analogues.