Ruthenium-catalyzed regioselective synthesis of 2-substituted indoles via ring-opening of epoxides by anilines

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2975-2977

  Cho, Chan Sik ^a   Kim, Jun Ho ^a   Choi, Heung Jin ^a   Kim, Tae Jeong ^a   Shim, Sang Chul ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anilines; Epoxides; Indoles; Ring opening; Ruthenium catalyst

Indexed keywords

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM; TIN CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RING OPENING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037474671     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(03)00396-4     Document Type: Article

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