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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Tetrahedron Lett. 2009 Jul 15;50(28):4003–4008. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.04.047

Table 3.

Reactions of indole 1l with various benzyne precursors.

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Entry Benzyne Precursor Product % Yielda
1 R = 4,5-Me2
2b
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2 R = 4,5-(OMe)2
2c
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3 R = 4,5-F2
2d
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4 R = 4,5-(CH)4-
2e
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5 R = 3-OMe
2f
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6 R = 3,4-(CH)4-
2g
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a

Isolated yields.