Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative coupling/cyclization of 2-phenylindoles with alkynes via C-H and N-H bond cleavages with air as the oxidant

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2068-2071

  Morimoto, Keisuke ^a   Hirano, Koji ^a   Satoh, Tetsuya ^a   Miura, Masahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PHENYLINDOLE; 2-PHENYLINDOLE; ALKYNE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; OXIDIZING AGENT; RHODIUM;

AIR; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AIR; ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; INDOLES; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODIUM;

EID: 77951788947     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol100560k     Document Type: Article

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