title: Ruthenium porphyrin catalyzed diimination of indoles with aryl azides as the nitrene source.
abstract: By using [Ru(TTP)CO] [H2TTP = meso-tetrakis(4-tolyl)porphyrin] as catalyst and aryl azides as the nitrene source, the sp(2)(C-H) bonds of a series of indoles undergo oxidative C-N bond formation to give unique 2,3-diimination products in good to high yields.
authors.affiliation: HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research & Innovation, Shenzhen, China.
authors.forename: Jinhu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Wenbo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Cong-Ying
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Chi-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Che
mesh_terms: D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D007097:Imines / Q000737:chemistry; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001386:Azides; D007097:Imines; D007211:Indoles; D011166:Porphyrins; C017621:phenylnitrene; D012428:Ruthenium