Indolynes as electrophilic indole surrogates: Fundamental reactivity and synthetic applications

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1007-1010

  Bronner, Sarah M ^a   Bahnck, Kevin B ^a   Garg, Neil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; INDOLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 62749141270     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol802958a     Document Type: Article

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