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Some new data and concepts relative to the individual steps of the mechanism of the Fischer-Arbuzov synthesis of indoles, including the role of catalysis and complexing, various anomalies during the process, as well as related reactions, are examined.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1011–1027, August, 1978.
We sincerely thank Professor A. N. Kost for his interest and valuable advice in the writing of this review.
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Kitaev, Y.P., Troepol'skaya, T.V. New data on the mechanism of indolization (review). Chem Heterocycl Compd 14, 807–821 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00469852
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