A mild and environmentally friendly scandium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate-catalyzed synthesis of bis(3′-indolyl)alkanes and bis(3′-indolyl)-1-deoxyalditols

Bis(3′-indolyl)alkanes and bis(3′-indolyl) derivatives containing a 1-deoxyalditol moiety were synthesized in the presence of 5 mol % of scandium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate [Sc(OTf)3] in CH3CN or EtOH–H2O mixture as a solvent from room temperature to 70 °C in good yields (78–97%).

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