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It has been shown that when 2-substituted N-benzylindoles are heated above 100°C in polyphosphoric acid, the benzyl group is split off and undergoes 1,7-migration.
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Iv. Dzhavakhishvili Tbilisi, State University, Tbilisi 380028. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 611–615, May, 1997.
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Samsoniya, S.A., Chikvaidze, I.S., Gogrichiani, É.O. et al. 1,7-migration of benzyl group in 2-substituted N-benzylindoles. Chem Heterocycl Compd 33, 527–531 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02291933
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