Facile access to polysubstituted indoles via a cascade Cu-catalyzed arylation - Condensation process

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 9329-9334

  Chen, Yu ^a   Xie, Xiaoan ^a   Ma, Dawei ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-HALOTRIFLUOROACETANILIDES; ARYLATION; FACILE ACCESS;

AMIDES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CONDENSATION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONS; HYDROLYSIS; REGIOSELECTIVITY;

ESTERS;

2 HALOTRIFLUOROACETANILIDE; ACETANILIDE DERIVATIVE; AMIDE; COPPER; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ACETANILIDES; AMIDES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; CYCLIZATION; ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; HYDROLYSIS; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROLINE;

EID: 36649030328     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo702059q     Document Type: Article

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