Nucleophilic reactivities of indoles

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 9088-9095

  Lakhdar, Sami ^a,b   Westermaier, Martin ^c   Terrier, François ^a   Goumont, Régis ^a   Boubaker, Taoufik ^b   Ofial, Armin R ^c   Mayr, Herbert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VERSAILLES SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINES   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; POSITIVE IONS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

DICHLOROMETHANE; ELECTROPHILICITY; LINEAR FREE ENTHALPY;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

5 CYANOINDOLE; 5 METHOXYINDOLE; ACETONITRILE; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; CARBON; DICHLOROMETHANE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; METHYL GROUP; N METHYLINDOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENTHALPY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; PKA; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

EID: 33751555599     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0614339     Document Type: Article

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