Hong-Ru Wu, Hong-Yan Huang, Chuan-Li Ren, Li Liu*, Dong Wang, Chao-Jun Li*

An efficient Fe(III)-catalyzed cross dehydrogenative arylation (CDA) of 3-substitueted-oxindoles with electron-rich aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds by using aerobic oxygen as an oxidant source was developed to provide 3,3’-disubstitueted-oxindoles in good yields.

This work has been published in Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 16744.