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Easy as one, two, three. Highly substituted anilines are accessible with unprecedented efficiency from the three-component-coupling reaction of O-benzyl carbamate, aldehydes, and dienophiles followed by a new domino aromatization/deprotection reaction involving transfer hydrogenation (see scheme). EWG: electron-withdrawing group.
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