N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed cross-coupling of aldehydes with arylsulfonyl indoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3182-3185

  Li, Yi ^a   Shi, Fu Qiang ^a   He, Qing Li ^a   You, Shu Li ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 68149106025     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol9013238     Document Type: Article

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