The vinyl moiety as a handle for regiocontrol in the preparation of unsymmetrical 2,3-aliphatic-substituted indoles and pyrroles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1338-1341

  Huestis, Malcolm P ^a   Chan, Lina ^a   Stuart, David R ^a   Fagnou, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

enynes; homogeneous catalysis; nitrogen heterocycles; regioselectivity; rhodium

Indexed keywords

ENYNES; GOOD YIELD; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES; OXIDATIVE COUPLINGS; REGIO-SELECTIVE; REGIOCONTROL; RHODIUM CATALYSTS; SUBSTITUTED INDOLES; VINYL MOIETY;

CATALYSIS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; REGIOSELECTIVITY; UREA;

RHODIUM;

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM; UREA; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ACETAMIDES; CATALYSIS; INDOLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRROLES; RHODIUM; STEREOISOMERISM; UREA; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79551654576     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201006381     Document Type: Article

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