Platinum-catalyzed formation of cyclic-ketone-fused indoles from N-(2-alkynylphenyl)lactams

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 346-349

  Li, Guotao ^a   Huang, Xiaogen ^a   Zhang, Liming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbenes; Homogeneous catalysis; Insertion; Platinum; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; PLATINUM;

CARBENES; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; INTRAMOLECULAR INSERTION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 38049072099     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200702931     Document Type: Article

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