Cascades to substituted indoles

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 6213-6216

  Rainier, Jon D ^a   Kennedy, Abigail R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; ISONITRILE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

CYCLIZATION; FREE RADICALS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INDOLES;

EID: 0034703408     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo000831n     Document Type: Article

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