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On the preferential formation of 3‐substituted indoles from triethyl (1‐methylindol‐2‐yl)borate in the presence of cuprous cyanide and cationic electrophiles, it was supposed that the reaction seems to proceed through a transposition path from boron to copper.
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Ishikura et al. (1994) studied this question.
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