A tandem cross-coupling/SNAr approach to functionalized carbazoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 4893-4896

  St Jean Jr , David J ^a   Poon, Steve F ^a   Schwarzbach, Jamie L ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBAZOLE; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION;

ARGON; CARBAZOLES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SULFUR;

EID: 36348956240     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702274y     Document Type: Article

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