"On water"-promoted direct coupling of indoles with 1,4-benzoquinones without catalyst

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 4, 2006, Pages 869-873

  Zhang, Hai Bo ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Chen, Yong Jun ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Li, Chao Jun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

"On water"; Aqueous; C C bond formation; No catalyst coupling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144475097     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500863     Document Type: Article

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