Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective aza-Friedel-Crafts reaction of indoles

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 349, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1863-1867

  Terada, Masahiro ^a   Yokoyama, Shigeko ^a   Sorimachi, Keiichi ^a   Uraguchi, Daisuke ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Br nsted acid; Enantioselectivity; Friedel Crafts reaction; Organic catalysis; Phosphoric acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548378986     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700151     Document Type: Article

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