Concise, efficient and practical assembly of bromo-5,6-dimethoxyindole building blocks

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1339-1342

  Huleatt, Paul B ^a   Lau, Jacelyn ^a   Chua, Sheena ^a   Tan, Yun Lei ^a   Duong, Hung Anh ^a   Chai, Christina L L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Indoles; Microwaves; Nitrocinnamates; Nitrostyrenes; Phosphines

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE; 5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; BROMO 5,6 DIMETHOXYINDOLE; BROMOINDOLE; CINNAMIC ACID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NITROSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHINE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PURIFICATION; SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 79951771001     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.01.076     Document Type: Article

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