Interrupting the Nazarov cyclization with indoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4073-4076

  Basak, Ashok K ^a   Tius, Marcus A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION;

CYCLIZATION; INDOLES; PROTONS;

EID: 55949101070     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol801587u     Document Type: Article

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