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Indole chemistry

XXXI. Rearrangement of 2-acylindoles to the 3-substituted isomers

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When 2-acylindoles are heated in polyphosphoric or trifluoroacetic acids, the acyl groups migrate to form 3-substituted indoles. A mechanism is proposed for the isomerization.

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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 68–73, January, 1972.

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Budylin, V.A., Kost, A.N., Matveeva, E.D. et al. Indole chemistry. Chem Heterocycl Compd 8, 63–67 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00478493

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