Enantioselective Fujiwara-Moritani indole and pyrrole annulations catalyzed by chiral palladium(II)-NicOx complexes

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 174-182

  Schiffner, Julia A ^a   Wöste, Thorsten H ^a   Oestreich, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; C H activation; Fujiwara Moritani reaction; Heck reaction; Palladium

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349094985     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200901129     Document Type: Article

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