[Cp*IrCl2]2-catalyzed indirect functionalization of alcohols: Novel strategies for the synthesis of substituted indoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3299-3302

  Whitneys, Simon ^a   Grigg, Ronald ^a   Derrick, Andrew ^b   Keep, Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; IRIDIUM;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLS; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; INDOLES; IRIDIUM;

EID: 34548150216     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol071274v     Document Type: Article

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