Stereoselective oxidative rearrangement of 2-aryl tryptamine derivatives

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4009-4012

  Movassaghi, Mohammad ^a   Schmidt, Michael A ^a   Ashenhurst, James A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; OXINDOLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTAMINE; TRYPTAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALKALOIDS; INDOLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRROLES; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPTAMINES;

EID: 55949122492     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol8015176     Document Type: Article

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