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Contrary to information in the literature, the reaction of indole with chlorotriphenylmethane forms not N-tritylindole but β-tritylindole.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, Vol. 6, No. 8, pp. 1056–1057, August, 1970.
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Butskus, P.F., Raguotene, N.V. The tritylation of indole. Chem Heterocycl Compd 6, 983–984 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00480629
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00480629