Preparation of functional benzofurans, benzothiophenes, and indoles using ester, thioester, and amide via intramolecular wittig reactions

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2970-2973

  Syu, Siang En ^a   Lee, Yu Ting ^a   Jang, Yeong Jiunn ^a   Lin, Wenwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; AMIDE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; ESTER; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; AMIDES; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BENZOFURANS; ESTERS; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THIOPHENES;

EID: 79957818897     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol201062r     Document Type: Article

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