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A mild procedure for the oxidative cleavage of substituted indoles catalyzed by plant cell cultures

M Takemoto, Y Iwakiri, Y Suzuki, K Tanaka

Index: Takemoto, Masumi; Iwakiri, Yasutaka; Suzuki, Yuki; Tanaka, Kiyoshi Tetrahedron Letters, 2004 , vol. 45, # 43 p. 8061 - 8064

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Abstract

We have developed a novel procedure for the oxidative cleavage of indole carbon double bonds in the presence of H2O2 using plant cell cultures as a catalytic system. The oxidative procedure has some advantages, such as mild reactions, good yields, easy work-up and safety.