Reaction of indoles with aromatic fluoromethyl ketones: an efficient synthesis of trifluoromethyl(indolyl)phenylmethanols using K2CO3/n-Bu4PBr in water

Thanigaimalai Pillaiyar, Masoud Sedaghati and Gregor Schnakenburg
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 778–790. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.16.71

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Reaction of indoles with aromatic fluoromethyl ketones: an efficient synthesis of trifluoromethyl(indolyl)phenylmethanols using K2CO3/n-Bu4PBr in water
Thanigaimalai Pillaiyar, Masoud Sedaghati and Gregor Schnakenburg
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 778–790. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.16.71

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Pillaiyar, T.; Sedaghati, M.; Schnakenburg, G. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 778–790. doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.71

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