Synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted indoles by a rhodium-catalyzed aromatic amino-claisen rearrangement of N-propargyl anilines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3931-3933

  Saito, Akio ^a   Kanno, Ayumi ^a   Hanzawa, Yuji ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkynes; Cyclization; Heterocycles; Rearrangement; Rhodium

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CYCLIZATION; DERIVATIVES; PROPANE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALKYNES; HETEROCYCLES; REARRANGEMENT; REFLUXING;

BENZENE;

ALKYNE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RHODIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34250693162     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200605162     Document Type: Article

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