Organic Chemistry Division, Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR), Adyar, Chennai 600 020, India
Abstract:
Alkylation of indoles has been achieved via Pd-catalyzed aliphatic C-H bond activation of tertiary amine coupling with indole followed by C-N bond cleavage and subsequent addition of indole. This method involves the migration of alkane chain from tertiary amine to indole.