Treatment of ynamides with a catalytic amount of TpRuCl(PPh3)2 resulted in the construction of indole scaffolds known as privileged structure motifs. This reaction involved a cascade of 1,2‐rearrangement and cyclization carrying out C−C bond formation via a ruthenium vinylidene intermediate, as revealed by a deuterium‐labeling experiments. Furthermore, the transformation of multi‐functionalized ynamide, derived from a practical drug molecule, showed a high functional group tolerance of this reaction.
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