The use of sulfur ylides in the synthesis of substituted indoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2407-2409

  Kennedy, Abigail R ^a   Taday, Michael H ^a   Rainier, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLE DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

INDOLES; RHODIUM; SULFUR;

EID: 0035954865     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0162320     Document Type: Article

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