Rhodium-catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids to isatins: An entry to diversity in 3-aryl-3-hydroxyoxindoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2715-2718

  Toullec, Patrick Y ^a   Jagt, Richard B C ^a   De Vries, Johannes G ^b   Feringa, Ben L ^a   Minnaard, Adriaan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; ISATIN; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

BORONIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; INDOLES; ISATIN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RHODIUM;

EID: 33746147475     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0608101     Document Type: Article

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