Synthesis of 2-substituted indoles via Pd/C-catalyzed reaction in water

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1965-1969

  Pal, Manojit ^a   Subramanian, Venkataraman ^a   Batchu, Venkateswara Rao ^a   Dager, Indu ^a  

^a DR REDDY'S LABORATORIES LTD   (India)

Author keywords

Indoles; Palladium catalyst; Sonogashira coupling 5 endo dig cyclization; Water

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; ANILIDE; COPPER; ETHANOLAMINE; INDOLE; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; SOLVENT; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CYCLIZATION; SONOGASHIRA REACTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 4544314128     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830861     Document Type: Article

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