Gold-catalyzed transformation of 2-alkynyl arylazides: Efficient access to the valuable pseudoindoxyl and indolyl frameworks

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 7354-7358

  Wetzel, Alexander ^a   Gagosz, Fabien ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE SYNTHÈSE ORGANIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

azides; Claisen rearrangement; gold; homogeneous catalysis; nitrogen heterocycles

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; GOLD;

AZIDES; BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT; FUNCTIONALIZED; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES; STRUCTURAL MOTIFS;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79960909487     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201102707     Document Type: Article

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