Unusual formal [4 + 2] cycloaddition of ethyl allenoate with arylidenoxindoles: Synthesis of dihydropyran-fused indoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1138-1141

  Chen, Xiang Yu ^a   Wen, Ming Wei ^b   Ye, Song ^a   Wang, Zhi Xiang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRANS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79952168191     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol103165y     Document Type: Article

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