Catalytic enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with nitroalkenes by using a simple thiourea organocatalyst

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 40, 2005, Pages 6576-6579

  Herrera, Raquel P ^a,b   Sgarzani, Valentina ^a   Bernardi, Luca ^a   Ricci, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Electrophilic substitution; Hydrogen bonds; Indoles; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; DERIVATIVES; HYDROGEN BONDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION; INDOLES; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

ALKYLATION;

EID: 27144518078     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200500227     Document Type: Article

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