Preparation of bisindolylalkanes from N-tert-butanesulfinyl aldimines

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1751-1753

  Ke, Bowen ^a   Qin, Yong ^a   He, Qinfei ^a   Huang, Zhiyan ^a   Wang, Fengpeng ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IMINE; INDOLE; IODINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION;

EID: 13744259489     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.12.140     Document Type: Article

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