Preparation of novel unsymmetrical bisindoles under solvent-free conditions: Synthesis, crystal structures, and mechanistic aspects

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8847-8858

  Kaiser, Hanns Martin ^a   Zenz, Ivo ^a   Wei, Fun Lo ^a   Spannenberg, Anke ^a   Schröder, Kristin ^a   Jiao, Haijun ^a   Gördes, Dirk ^a   Beller, Matthias ^a   Man, Kin Tse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DERIVATIVES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FUNCTIONALIZED BISINDOLES; HYDROXYL DERIVATIVES; HYMENIALDISINE ANALOGUES;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; HYDROXYL GROUP; HYMENIALDISINE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; INDOLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 35948938476     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo7016026     Document Type: Article

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