General and efficient indole syntheses based on catalytic amination reactions

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 439-442

  Ackermann, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENOID; CHLOROBENZENE; COPPER; INDOLE; IODINE; NITROGEN; PALLADIUM COMPLEX;

ACCURACY; AMINATION; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CYCLIZATION; ENERGY YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINATION; CATALYSIS; COPPER; CYCLIZATION; INDOLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PALLADIUM;

EID: 13844272578     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol047649j     Document Type: Article

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