Ernst Johannes B, Rühling Andreas, Wibbeling Birgit, Glorius Frank
Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Chemistry. 2016 Mar 18;22(13):4400-4. doi: 10.1002/chem.201600377. Epub 2016 Feb 16.
The first trichloromethylthiolation of a broad range of indoles and pyrroles is reported employing bench-stable N-trichloromethylthiosaccharin as reagent. This methodology is highly regioselective, exhibits high functional group tolerance, and provides access to two previously unknown classes of potentially bioactive compounds.