Exploring the oxidative cyclization of substituted N-aryl enamines: Pd-catalyzed formation of indoles from anilines

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 7298-7303

  Neumann, Julia J ^a   Rakshit, Souvik ^b   Dröge, Thomas ^b   Würtz, Sebastian ^c   Glorius, Frank ^b  

^a BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Archimica GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

anilines; C C coupling; C H activation; indoles; palladium

Indexed keywords

C-C COUPLING; C-H ACTIVATION; ENAMINES; INDOLES; ONE POT; ONE STEP; OXIDATIVE COUPLINGS; OXIDATIVE CYCLIZATION; SUBSTITUTED INDOLES;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ANILINE; CATALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

CYCLIZATION;

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; ENAMINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; IMIDAZOLES; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALLADIUM;

EID: 79958826716     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201100631     Document Type: Article

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