Synthesis of Isatins by I2/TBHP Mediated Oxidation of Indoles
You Zi, Zhong-Jian Cai, Shun-Yi Wang* and Shun-Jun Ji*
*Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province,
College of Chemistry, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China, Email: shunyisuda.edu.cn,
shunjun
suda.edu.cn
Y. Zi, Z.-J. Cai, S.-Y. Wang, S.-J. Ji, Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 3094-3097.
DOI: 10.1021/ol501203q
Abstract
An I2/TBHP-mediated oxidation of commercially available indoles affords isatins in moderate to good yields.
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ID: J54-Y2014