Oxidative dimerization of N-protected and free indole derivatives toward 3,3′-biindoles viaPd-catalyzed direct C–H transformationsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental details. CCDC 715135and 755576. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00486c

An oxidative homo dimerization of N-protected and free indole derivatives toward bioactive 3,3′-linked biindolyl scaffolds viaPd-catalyzed direct C–H transformations was first successfully demonstrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]