Accessing skeletal diversity under iron catalysis using substrate control: Formation of pyrroles versus lactones

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 353, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 585-594

  Alcaide, Benito ^a   Almendros, Pedro ^b   Quirós, M Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkynes; Allenes; Iron; Pyrroles; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952561746     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100049     Document Type: Article

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