Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxalines via gold(I)-mediated cascade reactions

ACS Combinatorial Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-213

  Liu, Guannan ^a,b   Zhou, Yu ^a   Lin, Daizong ^a   Wang, Jinfang ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Jiang, Hualiang ^a   Liu, Hong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cascade reaction; gold catalyst; hydroamination; hydroarylation

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLO(1,2 A)QUINOXALINE; PYRROLO(1,2-A)QUINOXALINE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

GOLD; PYRROLES; QUINOXALINES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955823409     PISSN: 21568952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/co1000844     Document Type: Article

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