Atom-economical transformation of diaryliodonium salts: Tandem C-H and N-H arylation of indoles

Abstract

Arylation using diaryliodonium salts generates one equivalent of an iodoarene as a side-product, a significant waste of atom economy. Here, we show that diaryliodoniums can undergo Cu-catalyzed tandem C-H/N-H arylation, producing novel indoles that incorporate both aryl groups from the reagent.