Scandium perchlorate as a superior Lewis acid for regioselective ring opening of aziridine carboxylate with indoles

Synthesis

Volumn , Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1658-1662

  Nishikawa, Toshio ^a   Kajii, Shigeo ^a   Wada, Kyoko ^a   Ishikawa, Miyuki ^a   Isobe, Minoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aziridine; Indole; Scandium perchlorate; Scandium triflate; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LEWIS ACIDS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; PERCHLORATE; SCANDIUM; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0036993082     PISSN: 00397881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33645     Document Type: Article

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