Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.137, No.4, 1416-1419, 2015
Atom-Economical Transformation of Diaryliodonium Salts: Tandem C-H and N-H Arylation of Indoles
Arylation using diaryliodonium salts generates one equivalent of an iodoarene as a side-product, a significant waste of atom economy. Here, we show that diaryliodoniums can undergo Cu-catalyzed tandem C-H/N-H arylation, producing novel indoles that incorporate both aryl groups from the reagent.