The first 5,6-dihydroxyindole tetramer by oxidation of 5,5′,6, 6′-tetrahydroxy-2,4′-biindolyl and an unexpected issue of positional reactivity en route to eumelanin-related polymers

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1411-1414

  Panzella, Lucia ^a   Pezzella, Alessandro ^a   Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   D'Ischia, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,5',6,6' TETRAHYDROXY 2,4' BIINDOLYL; 5,5',6,6'-TETRAHYDROXY-2,4'-BIINDOLYL; 5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE; 5,6-DIHYDROXYINDOLE; EUMELANIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

INDOLES; MELANINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERS;

EID: 34147117162     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol070268w     Document Type: Article

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