Fischer indolization of octahydroindol-6-one derivatives revisited: diastereoisomerization and racemization processes

Tetrahedron Asymmetry

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2130-2134

  Borregán, Mar ^a   Bradshaw, Ben ^a   Valls, Nativitat ^a   Bonjoch, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; EPIMERIZATION; ISOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIZATION;

EID: 53649098425     PISSN: 09574166     EISSN: 1362511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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