Versatile indole synthesis by a 5-endo-dig cyclization mediated by potassium or cesium bases

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2488-2490

  Rodriguez, Alain Louis ^a   Koradin, Christopher ^a   Dohle, Wolfgang ^a   Knochel, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclizations; Nitrogen heterocycles; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; INDOLE; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034679471     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20000717)39:14<2488::AID-ANIE2488>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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