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Take your pick! Indene-containing indole scaffolds have been catalytically prepared from C3-propargylated indoles by tandem reactions involving an initial 1,2-indole migration. This unprecedented process generates a gold carbene complex and proceeds through either a formal CH insertion or a Nazarov cyclization (see scheme).
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