Palladium-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of N-aryl enamines: From anilines to indoles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 7230-7233

  Würtz, Sebastian ^a   Rakshit, Souvik ^a   Neumann, Julia J ^a   Dröge, Thomas ^a   Glorius, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

C H activation; Heterocycles; Indoles; Oxidation; Palladium

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PALLADIUM;

C-H ACTIVATION; HETEROCYCLES; INDOLES; OXIDATION;

ANILINE;

AMINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

AMINES; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; INDOLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALLADIUM;

EID: 53249142637     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802482     Document Type: Article

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