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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Aug 22;51(38):9562–9566. doi: 10.1002/anie.201205137

Table 3.

Scope of Indoles via C-N Bond Formation/1,2-Carbon Shift/Aromatization.[a]

Entry Stryryl Anilines Indole Product t [h] Yield [%][b]
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6l 		4.5 62
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13c 		graphic file with name nihms415545t4.jpg
15c 		6 52
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13d 		graphic file with name nihms415545t6.jpg
15d 		6 60
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13e 		graphic file with name nihms415545t8.jpg
15e 		6 58
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13f 		graphic file with name nihms415545t10.jpg
15f 		16 40
a

Conditions, unless otherwise noted: 4 mol% Ru(bpz)3(PF6)2, silica gel, air, CH3CN, irradiation with a 18 W LED white light. The newly formed C-N and C-C bonds are shown in bold.

b

Isolated yields after column chromatography.

c

Using 6 mol% Ru(bpz)3(PF6)2. Newly formed C-N and C-C bonds are shown in bolds.