Silica sulfuric acid-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with nitro olefins

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-105

  Hari, G Sri ^a   Nagaraju, M ^a   Murthy, M Marthanda ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

C C bond formation; Conjugate addition reactions; Indole; Nitro olefins; Silica sulfuric acid

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ADDITION REACTION; ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONJUGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 37549047633     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910701650815     Document Type: Article

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