Novel chemistry of β-carbolines. Expedient synthesis of polycyclic scaffolds

Tetrahedron

Volumn 65, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3378-3391

  González Gómez, Álvaro ^a   Domínguez, Gema ^a   Pérez Castells, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbolines; Diels Alder; Domino reactions; Metathesis; Rearrangements

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; ALLYL BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; BETA CARBOLINE; ETHYNYL BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; PROPARGYL BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYCLIZATION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; STEVENS REARRANGEMENT; SYNTHESIS;

ALNUS;

EID: 62849085967     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.02.051     Document Type: Article

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