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Synthesis of indoles under the action of visible light (microreview)

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This microreview considers the use of visible light and photoredox catalysis for the synthesis of a widely used class of compounds – indoles, covering literature sources starting from 2012. The synthetic approaches are categorized according to their catalytic mechanism.

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This article was prepared with financial support from RUDN 5-100 program, a grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (15-33-70034 mol_a_mos), and Grant of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists (MK-5319.2016.3).

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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, 2018, 54(1), 22–24

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Festa, A.A. Synthesis of indoles under the action of visible light (microreview). Chem Heterocycl Comp 54, 22–24 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10593-018-2224-z

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