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Reactions of Indole with Nucleophiles

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While indole naturally tends to act as a nucleophile, there are numerous examples of nucleophilic substitutions as well as nucleophilic additions to the indole ring system.

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Kishbaugh, T.L.S. (2010). Reactions of Indole with Nucleophiles. In: Gribble, G. (eds) Heterocyclic Scaffolds II:. Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry, vol 26. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7081_2010_35

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