title: Cascade photoredox/gold catalysis: access to multisubstituted indoles via aminoarylation of alkynes.
abstract: A new method for the synthesis of 3-arylindoles has been developed by visible light mediated dual gold/photoredox catalysis. This transformation has many features such as cascade catalysis, high efficiency, redox-neutral reaction conditions and good functional group tolerance. The reaction proceeds through the photoredox-promoted formation of an electrophilic arylgold(iii) intermediate that undergoes coupling with the arylamine nucleophile.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China. cjzhu@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chuanhua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China. cjzhu@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Songlin
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1862-1764
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China. cjzhu@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hongbin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China. cjzhu@nju.edu.cn and Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China.
authors.forename: Chengjian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu