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Cu1.5PMo12O40 as an efficient, mild and heterogeneous catalyst for the condensation of indole with carbonyl compounds

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Bis(indoyl)methanes have been synthesized in excellent yields in the presence of catalytic amount of Cu1.5PMo12O40 in molten tetraethylammonium chloride as an ionic liquid. The catalyst is recovered and recycled.

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    Neda Seyedi, Hojatollah Khabazzadeh & Kazem Saidi

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Seyedi, N., Khabazzadeh, H. & Saidi, K. Cu1.5PMo12O40 as an efficient, mild and heterogeneous catalyst for the condensation of indole with carbonyl compounds. Mol Divers 13, 337–342 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11030-009-9120-5

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