Multicomponent cascade reactions: A novel and expedient approach to functionalized indoles by an unprecedented nucleophilic addition- heterocyclization-oxidative alkoxycarbonylation sequence

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 352, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3355-3363

  Gabriele, Bartolo ^a   Veltri, Lucia ^a   Salerno, Giuseppe ^a   Mancuso, Raffaella ^a   Costa, Mirco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

carbonylation; cascade reactions; cyclization; indoles; palladium

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650405527     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000642     Document Type: Article

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