T. Swamy

InBr3-catalyzed sulfonation of indoles: a facile synthesis of 3-sulfonyl indoles

Indoles react smoothly with sulfonyl chlorides in the presence of a catalytic amount of indium tribromide at ambient temperature to afford the corresponding 3-arylsulfonyl indole derivatives in high yields with high regioselectivity.

Bi(OTf) 3 -catalyzed allylation of quinones with allyltrimethylsilane

p-Quinones react smoothly with allyltrimethylsilane in the presence of 2 mol% of Bi(OTf) 3 under mild reaction conditions to afford the corresponding allyl substituted benzene derivatives, p-allylquinols and allyl substituted 1,4-naphthoquinones in excellent yields with high regioselectivity. This method is very useful for the direct introduction of an allyl functionality onto a quinone moiety.