Highly efficient heterobimetallic iron-magnesium-HMPA-catalyzed Michael-type Friedel-Crafts reactions of indoles and chalcones

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1638-1645

  Zhou, Wei ^a,b   Li, Li ^b   Xu, Li Wen ^a,b   Qiu, Hua Yu ^b   Lai, Guo Qiao ^b   Xia, Chun Gu ^a   Castanet, Anne Sophie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Bimetallic catalysis; Dual activation; Friedel Crafts reaction; Indoles; Michael addition

Indexed keywords

CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; HEMPA; INDOLE; IRON; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATCH SELECTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; MICHAEL TYPE FRIEDEL CRAFT REACTION;

EID: 42549096929     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910801929721     Document Type: Article

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