Welwitindolinone C synthetic studies. Construction of the welwitindolinone carbon skeleton via a transannular nitrone cycloaddition

Tetrahedron

Volumn 66, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 6647-6655

  Freeman, David B ^a   Holubec, Alexandra A ^a   Weiss, Matthew W ^a   Dixon, Julie A ^a   Kakefuda, Akio ^a   Ohtsuka, Masami ^a   Inoue, Munenori ^a   Vaswani, Rishi G ^a   Ohki, Hidenori ^a   Doan, Brian D ^a   Reisman, Sarah E ^a   Stoltz, Brian M ^a   Day, Joshua J ^a   Tao, Ran N ^a   Dieterich, Noah A ^a   Wood, John L ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

3+2 Dipolar cycloaddition; Chloronium ion semi pinacol; O H insertion; Rhodium carbenoid; Welwitindolinone

Indexed keywords

CARBENOID; CARBON; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; N METHYLWELWITINDOLINONE C ISOTHIOCYANATE; NITRONE; RHODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT; CYCLOADDITION; DIAZOTIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77955657075     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.04.131     Document Type: Article

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