Highly enantioselective synthesis of tetrahydro-β-carbolines and tetrahydro-γ-carbolines via Pd-catalyzed intramolecular allylic alkylation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1424-1425

  Bandini, Marco ^a   Melloni, Alfonso ^a,b   Piccinelli, Fabio ^a   Sinisi, Riccardo ^a   Tommasi, Simona ^a   Umani Ronchi, Achille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; GAMMA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ISOMERIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALKYLATION; ALLYL COMPOUNDS; CARBOLINES; CATALYSIS; PALLADIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 32244447519     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja054109o     Document Type: Article

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