Annulation of indole via indole radicals: Addition of the 2-indolyl radical to aromatic rings

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 4209-4211

  Fiumana, Andrea ^a   Jones, Keith ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

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

EID: 0034729292     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)00567-0     Document Type: Article

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