Palladium-catalyzed ring-expansion reaction of indoles with alkynes: from indoles to tetrahydroquinoline derivatives under mild reaction conditions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 4036-4041

  Shi, Zhuangzhi ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Cui, Yuxin ^a   Jiao, Ning ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alkynes; C h activation; Indoles; Oxidation; Palladium

Indexed keywords

ALKYNES; C-H ACTIVATION; MILD REACTION CONDITIONS; NEW APPROACHES; RING-EXPANSION REACTION; TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE;

ACETYLENE; ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; OXIDATION;

PALLADIUM;

1,2,3,4 TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE; 1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE; ALKYNE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; INDOLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALLADIUM; QUINOLINES;

EID: 77953097645     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201001237     Document Type: Article

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