Organic Letters
Letter
Scheme 3. One-Pot Synthesis of N-Acylindoles Starting from
Acetanilides and Vinyl Acetate
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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We thank the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.
1302157 and 21572188) and Fundamental Research Funds
for the Central Universities (No. 20720160049) for financial
support.
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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