Palladium-catalyzed cyclization/carboalkoxylation of alkenyl indoles

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 33, 2004, Pages 10250-10251

  Liu, Cong ^a   Widenhoefer, Ross A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENYL GROUP; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; METAL; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4143152853     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja046810i     Document Type: Article

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