1. College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Normal University , Shijiazhuang, China zhanhui@126.com;3. College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Normal University , Shijiazhuang, China
Abstract:
Indoles reacted with triethyl orthoformate in the presence of a catalytic amount of iodine at room temperature to give the corresponding symmetrical triindolylmethanes (TIMs) in good to high yields.