Highly enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of indoles with imines by a chiral phosphoric acid

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1484-1485

  Kang, Qiang ^a   Zhao, Zhuo An ^a   You, Shu Li ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMINE; INDOLE; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 33846972343     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja067417a     Document Type: Article

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