A novel approach to 3-methylindoles by a heck/cyclization/isomerization process

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 668-671

  Baxter, Carl A ^a   Cleator, Ed ^a   Alam, Mahbub ^a   Davies, Antony J ^a   Goodyear, Adrian ^a   o'Hagan, Michael ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MESYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SKATOLE;

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

CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; CYCLIZATION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MESYLATES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SKATOLE;

EID: 76849094529     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol902636v     Document Type: Article

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