N-cyclopropylation of indoles and cyclic amides with copper(II) reagent

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1653-1655

  Tsuritani, Takayuki ^a   Strotman, Neil A ^b   Yamamoto, Yuhei ^a   Kawasaki, Masashi ^a   Yasuda, Nobuyoshi ^b   Mase, Toshiaki ^a  

^a BANYU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; COPPER; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PROPANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION;

AMIDES; COPPER; CYCLIZATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INDOLES; PROPANE;

EID: 44449161081     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol800376f     Document Type: Article

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