Intra- and intermolecular reactions of indoles with alkynes catalyzed by gold

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1358-1373

  Ferrer, Catalina ^a   Amijs, Catelijne H M ^a   Echavarren, Antonio M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkynes; Allenes; Cyclization; Gold; Homogeneous catalysis; Indoles

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DERIVATIVES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ALKYNES; ALLENES; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; INDOLES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 34250360611     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200601324     Document Type: Article

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