Baeyer-Drewson Indigo Synthesis

A. Baeyer, V. Drewson, Ber. 15, 2856(1882)
K. Venkataraman, chemistry of Synthetic Dyes 2, 1008(New York,
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M. Sainsbury, Rodd's Chemistry of Carbon Compounds IVB,
346,353(1977)
J. R. McKee et al., J. Chem. Ed. 68, A242(1991)
L. Fitjer et al., Tetrahedron 55, 14421(1999)
Also see Algar-Flynn-Olyamada(AFO)Reaction