Transition metal-catalyzed synthesis of pyrroles from dienyl azides

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 5191-5194

  Dong, Huijun ^a   Shen, Meihua ^a   Redford, Joanne E ^a,b   Stokes, Benjamin J ^a   Pumphrey, Ashley L ^a   Driver, Tom G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIDE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

AZIDES; CATALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRROLES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS;

EID: 37249000768     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702262f     Document Type: Article

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