Oxazolidin-2-one as efficient ligand for the copper-catalyzed N- Arylation of pyrrole, imidazole and indole

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-218

  Ma, Hengchang ^a   Wu, Shang ^a   Sun, Qiangsheng ^a   Lei, Ziqiang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arylations; Catalysis; Copper; Coupling; Ligands

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951462235     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017810791112496     Document Type: Article

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