Enantioselective organocatalytic intramolecular ring-closing Friedel-Crafts-type alkylation of indoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1847-1850

  Li, Chang Feng ^a   Liu, Hiu ^a   Liao, Jie ^a   Cao, Yi Ju ^a   Liu, Xiao Peng ^a   Xiao, Wen Jing ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALDEHYDES; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; INDOLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34249289340     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0703130     Document Type: Article

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