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1H-Indole and 2-methyl-1H-indole reacted with ethyl 3-bromopropynoate over aluminum oxide to give mixtures of the corresponding ethyl 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propynoates and ethyl 3,3-bis(1H-indol-3-yl)-acrylates, the latter prevailing.
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Dedicated to Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences B.A. Trofimov on his 70th anniversary
Original Russian Text © O.V. Petrova, L.N. Sobenina, I.A. Ushakov, A.I. Mikhaleva, 2008, published in Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 10, pp. 1534–1538.
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Petrova, O.V., Sobenina, L.N., Ushakov, I.A. et al. Reaction of indoles with ethyl bromopropynoate over Al2O3 surface. Russ J Org Chem 44, 1512–1516 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070428008100199
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