Modular synthesis of indoles from imines and o-dihaloarenes or o-chlorosulfonates by a Pd-catalyzed cascade process

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4031-4041

  Barluenga, José ^a   Jiménez Aquino, Agustín ^a   Aznar, Fernando ^a   Valdés, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PALLADIUM; PHENOLS; POSITIVE IONS; REACTION KINETICS;

ANETHOLE; ARYLATION; BOND-FORMING REACTIONS; CASCADE PROCESS; CASCADE REACTIONS; CATALYZED SYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHENOLS; DIBROMOBENZENE; FIVE-MEMBERED RINGS; HIGH YIELD; MODULAR SYNTHESIS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OXIDATIVE ADDITION REACTION; PD CATALYST; REGIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; SIX-MEMBERED RINGS; SUBSTITUTED INDOLES; T-BUTYL GROUPS; VINYL SUBSTITUENTS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

1,2 DIBROMOBENZENE; 1,2 DIHALOBENZENE DERIVATIVE; 2 HALOSULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANETHOLE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHENOL; IMINE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLOROSULFONIC ACID; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY;

CATALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; IMINES; INDOLES; PALLADIUM; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 67749120541     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja808652a     Document Type: Article

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