"on water" direct and site-selective Pd-catalysed C-H arylation of (NH)-indoles

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 352, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2929-2936

  Joucla, Lionel ^a   Batail, Nelly ^a   Djakovitch, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

C H arylation; indoles; palladium; regioselectivity; water

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649557212     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000512     Document Type: Article

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