Rhodium(II) acetate catalysed reaction of α-diazo-β-ketoesters with N-methylanilines results in carbenoid insertion into the N-H bond; the resulting α-(N-arylamino)ketones cyclise to give indoles upon treatment with acidic ion-exchange resin.
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Moody et al. (1998) studied this question.