• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.1351-1354
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• 2004

Tetracyclic 5-azaindole analogues were prepared by palladium-catalyzed sequential annulation of benzylidene(3-iodopyridinyl-4-yl)amine and 1-aryl substituted internal alkynes under $Pd(OAc)_2,\;n-Bu_4NCl,\;and Et_3N\;at\;120^{\circ}C.$ The synthetic procedure showed possible diversification of tetracyclic 5-azaindole analogues by varying the 1-aryl substituent in internal alkynes.