Organophotocatalytic dearomatization of indoles, pyrroles and benzo(thio)furans via a Giese-type transformation

oleh: Yueteng Zhang, Peng Ji, Feng Gao, Yue Dong, He Huang, Changqing Wang, Ziyuan Zhou, Wei Wang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01

Deskripsi

Dearomatisation of indoles allows efficient access to indolines, but often is incompatible with electron-withdrawing substituents. Here a photoredox Giese-type dearomatisation of indoles yields 2,3-disubstituted indolines bearing electron-withdrawing groups.