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Org Lett
; 1(4): 673-6, 1999 Aug 26.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10823199
ABSTRACT
[formula: see text] A new, regiocontrolled synthesis of carbocycle-fused indoles has been developed. The two-step procedure involves first the regiospecific arylation of silyl enol ethers with o-nitrophenylphenyliodonium fluoride (1). Reduction of the nitro group on the aromatic ring with TiCl3 followed by spontaneous condensation of the aniline with the ketone then affords the indole products.