Fe(II)-catalyzed amination of aromatic C-H bonds via ring opening of 2 H-azirines: Synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted indoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3736-3739

  Jana, Samaresh ^a   Clements, MacK D ^a   Sharp, Barry K ^a   Zheng, Nan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIRINE DERIVATIVE; FERROUS CHLORIDE; FERROUS ION; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

AMINATION; AZIRINES; CATALYSIS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 77956208728     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol101130e     Document Type: Article

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