Synthesis of N-fused tricyclic indoles by a tandem [1,2] stevens-type rearrangement/1,2-alkyl migration of metal-containing ammonium ylides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 4906-4909

  Takaya, Jun ^a   Udagawa, Shuji ^a   Kusama, Hiroyuki ^a   Iwasawa, Nobuharu ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonium ylides; Carbene ligands; Rhenium; Stevens rearrangement; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

AMMONIUM YLIDES; CARBENE LIGANDS; RHENIUM; STEVENS REARRANGEMENT; TUNGSTEN;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 53249097126     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200705517     Document Type: Article

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