Organocatalytic enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation of 4,7-dihydroindoles with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes: An easy access to 2-substituted indoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2177-2180

  Hong, Liang ^a   Liu, Chunxia ^a   Sun, Wangsheng ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Wong, Kwokyin ^b   Wang, Rui ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 66149124445     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol900461v     Document Type: Article

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