Abstract

Friedel-Crafts reactions of indoles can be used with a wide range of electrophiles, but few examples using methyl or ethyl trifluoro­pyruvate have been reported. The authors herein describe a copper bisoxazolidine catalyst that overcomes the long reaction times, limited substrate scope, and low selectivity seen in other catalyst systems.

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