On the Barton Copper-Catalyzed C3-Arylation of Indoles using Triarylbismuth bis(trifluoroacetate) Reagents

Chempluschem. 2023 May 17:e202300218. doi: 10.1002/cplu.202300218. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover are the collaborating groups of Prof. Alexandre Gagnon at the Université du Québec à Montréal in Canada, and Dr. Claire McMullin at the University of Bath in the UK. The cover picture represents the "Chasse-galerie", a popular French-Canadian tale published by the author Honoré Beaugrand in 1892, adapted with landmarks from Montréal, London, and Bath. The aryl groups are being transferred from a pentavalent triarylbismuth reagent to the C3 position of an indole via a copper-catalyzed C-H activation mechanism. Cover designed by Lysanne Arseneau. More information can be found in the Research Article by Claire L. McMullin, Alexandre Gagnon, and co-workers.