Selective synthesis of 1 -functionalized-alkyl-1H-indazoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5054-5057

  Hunt, Kevin W ^a   Moreno, David A ^a   Suiter, Nicole ^a   Clark, Christopher T ^a   Kim, Ganghyeok ^a  

^a ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; INDAZOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 70350657097     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol902050m     Document Type: Article

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