College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, PR China
Abstract:
A mild, efficient, and metal-free strategy to construct 2-iodo-3-arylthioindoles was developed via I2O5-promoted iodosulfenylation of indoles utilizing simple, cheap and easily available thiophenols as sulfur sources. It is the first time that the iodothiolation difunctionalization of indoles at C-2 and C-3 positions was accomplished with the formation of 2-iodo-3-arylthioindoles in moderate to good yields.