A three-component iodine-catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction: a heterodifunctionalization of 3-methylindoles

Wei Zhang1, Shiqun Xiang2, Weibin Fan2

  • 1Fujian Normal University, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fuzhou 350007, China. dhuang@fjirsm.ac.cn and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.

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