title: Mechanism of Rh2(II)-Catalyzed Indole Formation: The Catalyst Does Not Control Product Selectivity.
abstract: Possible mechanisms for Rh-promoted indole formation from vinyl/azidoarenes were examined computationally, and a mechanism is proposed in which the Rh catalyst promotes generation of a nitrene but is not directly involved in cyclization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis , 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States.
authors.forename: Jason G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis , 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States.
authors.forename: Osvaldo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago , 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7061, United States.
authors.forename: Navendu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jana
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago , 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7061, United States.|Institute of Next Generation Matter Transformation, College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University , 668 Jimei Blvd., Xiamen, Fujian 361021, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Tom G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Driver
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis , 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States.
authors.forename: Dean J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Tantillo