An efficient and scalable synthesis of substituted phenanthrenequinones by intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reaction of imidazolies

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 4103-4106

  Yoshikawa, Naoki ^a   Doyles, Austin ^a   Tan, Lushi ^a   Murry, Jerry A ^a   Akao, Atsushi ^a   Kawasaki, Masashi ^a   Sato, Kimihiko ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; IMIDAZOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENANTHRENES; QUINONES;

EID: 35548960158     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol071261h     Document Type: Article

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