Guo Zhiqiang, Wu Jinglong, Wei Xuehong, Xi Chanjuan
Scientific Instrument Center, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China.
MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China .
ChemSusChem. 2025 Jan 14;18(2):e202401491. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202401491. Epub 2024 Oct 25.
The selective C-methylenation of N-unsubstituted indoles using CO as the C1 source to access diindolylmethane (DIM) and its derivatives is described. This reaction provides a novel method for four-electron reductive functionalization of CO with N-unsubstituted indoles via formation of C-CH-C bonds, and a new access to molecular structures.