. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 2.

Published in final edited form as: Org Lett. 2009 Apr 2;11(7):1651–1654. doi: 10.1021/ol900306v

Table 2.

Dehydrogenative Coupling of Indoles^a

entry	indole	R¹	R²	R³	yield (%)^b
1	9a	H	H	H	81
2	9b	5-OMe	H	H	86
3	9c	5-Br	H	H	76
4	9d	5-CO₂Me	H	H	73
5	9e	4-Br	H	H	74
6	9f	H	H	CO₂Me	70
7	9g	H	H	Me	63
8	9h	7-Me	H	H	0
9	9i	H	Me	H	0

See Supporting Information for full experimental details.

Isolated yield.