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Palladium catalyzed carbonylative cross-coupling reaction of 1-methylindoly
lborate (20) with prop-2-ynyl carbonates (3) produced cyclopenta[b]indole d
erivatives in a one-pot manner. Hence, the use of indolylborates (2c, d) fo
r the reaction with 3 allowed the isolation of indol-2-yl allenyl ketones (
4).