Introducing tetramethylurea as a new methylene precursor: a microwave-assisted RuCl3-catalyzed cross dehydrogenative coupling approach to bis(indolyl)methanes.
Deb, Mohit L.; Borpatra, Paran J.; Saikia, Prakash J.; Baruah, Pranjal K.; Organic & biomolecular chemistry 15 (2017) 1435–1443; doi:10.1039/c6ob02671k

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 Introducing tetramethylurea as a new methylene precursor: a
 microwave-assisted RuCl3-catalyzed cross dehydrogenative coupling
 approach to bis(indolyl)methanes.
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