N-Hydroxy indoles as flexible substrates in rearrangements - A novel reaction with activated triple bonds

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1173-1176

  Duarte, Mariana P ^a   Mendonça, Ricardo F ^a   Prabhakar, Sundaresan ^a   Lobo, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Additions; N Hydroxy indoles; Oxaziridinium; Rearrangements

Indexed keywords

INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 30544435348     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.12.021     Document Type: Article

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