A mild and efficient C-3 allylic alkylation of indoles catalyzed by FeCl3

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 256-260

  Liu, Zhe ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Shafiq, Zahid ^a,b   Wang, Dong ^a   Chen, Yong Jun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Allylation; Allylic acetate; FeCl3; Friedel Crafts alkylation; Indole

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649005980     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017807781024336     Document Type: Article

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