Access to a welwitindolinone core using sequential cycloadditions

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3782-3785

  Trost, Barry M ^a   McDougall, Patrick J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; OXINDOLE; PALLADIUM; TROPOLONE; TROPONE; WELWITINDOLINONE A;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; CYCLIZATION; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; PALLADIUM; TROPOLONE;

EID: 68949105302     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol901499b     Document Type: Article

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