Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5261577 Tetrahedron Letters 2015 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
Under an oxygen atmosphere, the copper-mediated direct C3-cyanation of indole C-H bonds, using cheap and safe DMF as a CN source, took place selectively to produce the corresponding C3-cyanoindoles in good yields. A possible mechanism for this selective cyanation was proposed.
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