A new route for the tricyclic indole system: A useful intermediate for ergot alkaloids

Heterocycles

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-136

  Yokoyama, Yuusaku ^a   Matsushima, Hiroaki ^a   Takashima, Mitsuru ^a   Suzuki, Tomoko ^a   Murakami, Yasuoki ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000853796     PISSN: 03855414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3987/com-97-s47     Document Type: Article

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