A domino amidation route to indolines and indoles: Rapid syntheses of anhydrolycorinone, hippadine, oxoassoanine, and pratosine

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4777-4779

  Ganton, Michael D ^a   Kerr, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOID; AMIDE; ANHYDROLYCORINONE; HIPPADINE; INDOLE ALKALOID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLINE; OXOASSOANINE; PHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PRATOSINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOIDS; AMIDES; CATALYSIS; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENANTHRIDINES;

EID: 27144485240     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol052086c     Document Type: Article

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