One-pot oxidative hydrolysis-oxidative cleavage of 7-borylindoles enables access to o-amidophenols and 4-acylbenzoxazoles
7-Borylindoles undergo a one-pot oxidative hydrolysis-oxidative cleavage process to give o-amidophenols, that in turn undergo facile cyclisation to give 4-acylbenzoxazoles.