Rhodium(III)-catalyzed decarboxylative aminomethylation of glycine derivatives with indoles via C−H activation

A rhodium(III)-catalyzed decarboxylative aminomethylation of glycine derivatives with indoles bearing a pyrimidine directing group has been developed via C−H activation, exclusively affording the corresponding aminomethylated products with C3 selectivity. In this synthetic protocol, easily available and resourceful arylglycines were utilized as aminomethyl functional moieties.