• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.2446-2450
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• 2013

Oxindole dimers have been used as intermediates in the synthesis of various cyclotryptamine alkaloids. An efficient direct synthesis of oxindole dimers has been carried out from 3-substituted oxindoles via an oxidative dimerization using manganese(III) acetate or copper acetate/silver acetate system.