Titanocene-based method for indole synthesis

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3068-3073

  Aoki, Kazumasa ^a   Peat, Andrew J ^a   Buchwald, Stephen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; INDOLE; LEAD; REAGENT; TITANOCENE;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032495775     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja972281p     Document Type: Article

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