Reductive alkylation of indoles with alkynes and hydrosilanes under indium catalysis

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 912-915

  Tsuchimoto, Teruhisa ^a   Kanbara, Mitsutaka ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; INDIUM; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYLATION; ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; INDIUM; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SILANES;

EID: 79952172286     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol1029673     Document Type: Article

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