Montmorillonite K10: Catalyst for friedel-crafts alkylation of indoles and pyrrole with nitroalkenes under solventless conditions

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1978-1984

  An, Li Tao ^a,b   Zhang, Li Li ^b   Zou, Jian Ping ^b   Zhang, Guang Liang ^b  

^a HUAIYIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkylation; Heterogenous catalysis; Indole; Montmorillonite K10; Nitroalkene

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE; MONTMORILLONITE; PYRROLE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; MICHAEL ADDITION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77953438463     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903219344     Document Type: Article

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