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Synfacts 2011(10): 1072-1072  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1261152
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Synthesis of a ‘Fused’ BN Indole

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jason R. Cox
E. R. Abbey, L. N. Zakharov, S.-Y. Liu*
University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
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20 September 2011 (online)

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Significance

The authors describe the concise synthesis of a ‘fused’ BN indole. The synthesis features a ring-closing metathesis to form the six-membered ring portion of the indole moiety which is subsequently dehydrogenated using Pd/C.