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Uncommon intramolecular palladium-catalyzed cyclization of indole derivatives

EM Beccalli, G Broggini

Index: Beccalli, Egle M.; Broggini, Gianluigi Tetrahedron Letters, 2003 , vol. 44, # 9 p. 1919 - 1921

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Citation Number: 51

Abstract

A novel synthetic strategy based on the intramolecular palladium-catalyzed oxidative cyclization reaction, allows the formation of C–C bond and the synthesis of β-carbolinones. The reaction has been performed in the presence of catalytic amount of PdCl2 (CH3CN) 2 and benzoquinone as a reoxidant.