Controllable Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts Reaction between Indoles and Alkylidene Malonates Catalyzed by Pseudo-C3-Symmetric Trisoxazoline Copper(II) Complexes

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1309-1320

  Zhou, Jian ^a   Ye, Meng Chun ^a   Huang, Zheng Zheng ^a   Tang, Yong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ALCOHOLS; ALKYLATION; CATALYSTS; COMPLEXATION; ETHANE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FRIEDEL-CRAFTS REACTIONS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

ALKYL GROUP; COPPER COMPLEX; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; ISOBUTANOL; MALONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TRISOXAZOLINE COPPER COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 1242352444     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo035552p     Document Type: Article

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