Hafnium trifluoromethanesulfonate [Hf(OTf)4]-catalyzed conjugate addition of indoles to α,β-enones

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 16, 2005, Pages 2492-2494

  Kawatsura, Motoi ^a   Aburatani, Sachiko ^b   Uenishi, Junichi ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Conjugate additions; Enones; Hafnium trifluoromethanesulfonate; Indoles; Lewis acids

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ALPHA BETA ENONE; HAFNIUM TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONATE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; SCANDIUM TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONATE; SOLVENT; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS;

EID: 26844468951     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872694     Document Type: Article

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