A general and practical method of alkynyl indole and benzofuran synthesis via tandem Cu- And Pd-catalyzed cross-couplings

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2955-2958

  Nagamochi, Masatoshi ^a   Fang, Yuan Qing ^a   Lautens, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; COPPER; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

BENZOFURANS; CATALYSIS; COPPER; INDOLES; PALLADIUM;

EID: 34547187077     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol071370w     Document Type: Article

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