@article {46131,
	title = {Alpha-Angelica lactone in a new role: facile access to N-Aryl tetrahydroisoquinolinones and isoindolinones via organocatalytic alpha-CH2 oxygenation},
	journal = {Organic Letters},
	volume = {21},
	year = {2019},
	month = {APR },
	pages = {2532-2535},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>A method for the direct oxidation of various N-aryl tetrahydroisoquinolines and isoindolines to the corresponding lactams using alpha-angelica lactone as a catalyst was developed. The utility of the method was further demonstrated by synthesis of indoprofen and indobufen.</p>
},
	issn = {1523-7060},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00224},
	author = {Thatikonda, Thanusha and Deepake, Siddharth K. and Das, Utpal}
}
