The ammonium-promoted formylation of indoles by DMSO and H2O.
DMSO and H2O is an efficient combination in the NH4OAc-promoted formylation of indole, where DMSO serves as a C1 carbon source. The mechanism study reveals that the procedure involves a usual and unusual Pummerer reaction.
School of Petrochemical Engineering, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Fine Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, P. R. China. jiangcheng@cczu.edu.cn.
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