Six- versus five-membered ring formation in radical cyclizations of 7-bromo-substituted hexahydroindolinones

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 917-920

  Rashatasakhon, Paitoon ^a   Ozdemir, Ayse Daut ^a   Willis, Jerremey ^a   Padwa, Albert ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; N ALLYL 7 BROMO 3A METHYLHEXAHYDROINDOL 2 ONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; ISOMER; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING CLOSING METATHESIS;

EID: 1642446544     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol036347z     Document Type: Article

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