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1, 2-Bis (Phenylsulfonyl)-1h-Indole As An Acceptor Of Organocuprate Nucleophiles, David C. Qian, Philip E. Alford, Tara L. S. Kishbaugh, Sean T. Jones, Gordon W. Gribble

Dartmouth Scholarship

1,2-Bis(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-indole is a novel example of an electron-deficient indole that undergoes nucleophilic attack at C-3. Though a variety of other organometallic nucleophiles fail to engender nucleophilic substitution, organocuprates produce 3-substituted 2-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-indoles. These reactions contribute to the growing number of examples of nucleophilic addition to the indole core.