Ferric(III) nitrate: An efficient catalyst for the regioselective friedel-crafts reactions of indoles and tert-enamides in water

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 31, 2010, Pages 5946-5950

  Jiang, Ran ^a   Wu, Xiao Jin ^a   Zhu, Xu ^a   Xu, Xiao Ping ^a   Ji, Shun Jun ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkylation; Green chemistry; Iron; Nitrogen heterocycles; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349296807     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201000994     Document Type: Article

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