A new entry to polycyclic indole skeletons via palladium-catalyzed intramolecular heteroannulation

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3573-3575

  Liu, Jianxiu ^a   Shen, Ming ^a   Zhang, Yongda ^a   Li, Guisheng ^a   Khodabocus, Ahmad ^a   Rodriguez, Sonia ^a   Qu, Bo ^a   Farina, Vittorio ^a   Senanayake, Chris H ^a   Lu, Bruce Z ^a  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; INDOLE ALKALOID; PALLADIUM;

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

ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PALLADIUM;

EID: 33747231928     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol061440j     Document Type: Article

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