Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of indoles with carbonyl compounds catalyzed by bifunctional cinchona alkaloids

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4063-4065

  Li, Hongming ^a   Wang, Yong Qiang ^a   Deng, Li ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINCHONA ALKALOID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

CATALYSIS; CINCHONA ALKALOIDS; INDOLES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 33748923813     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol061552a     Document Type: Article

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