Asymmetric friedel-crafts alkylations of indoles with ethyl glyoxylate catalyzed by (S)-BINOL-titanium(IV) complex: Direct access to enantiomerically enriched 3-indolyl(hydroxy)acetates

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 349, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1597-1603

  Dong, Hong Ming ^a   Lu, Hai Hua ^a   Lu, Liang Qiu ^a   Chen, Cai Bao ^a   Xiao, Wen Jing ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(S) BINOL titanium(IV) complex; 3 indolyl(hydroxy)acetates; Asymmetric catalysis; Friedel Crafts alkylations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547182360     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200600495     Document Type: Article

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