Titanocene(III)-catalyzed formation of indolines and azaindolines

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4383-4386

  Wipf, Peter ^a   Maciejewski, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; TITANOCENE;

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

AZA COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; INDOLES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 55449108912     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol801860s     Document Type: Article

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