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A Brønsted acid catalyzed tandem Diels-Alder/aromatization reaction of 2-vinylindoles has been developed. The reaction provides a highly efficient and concise approach to 3-indolyl-substituted tetrahydrocarbazoles with various substituents in high yields under mild conditions.
Chen et al. (Tue,) studied this question.