One-pot N-alkylation/Heck approach to substituted indoles

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 6968-6972

  Weinrich, Melissa L ^a   Beck, Hilary P ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM COMPLEX;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CYCLIZATION; HECK REACTION; METHODOLOGY; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 70350515120     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.09.144     Document Type: Article

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