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Efficient Synthesis of Bis(indolyl)methanes Catalyzed by Lewis Acids in Ionic Liquids

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2003

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Efficient electrophilic substitution reactions of indoles with various aldehydes proceed smoothly in ionic liquids using Lewis acids, In(OTf)3, YbCl3, InCl3, BiCl3, and ZnCl2, to afford the correspondin­g bis(indolyl)methanes in high yields.