Indole synthesis: A review and proposed classification

Tetrahedron

Volumn 67, Issue 38, 2011, Pages 7195-7210

  Taber, Douglass F ^a   Tirunahari, Pavan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Accel Synthesis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; AMMONIUM FORMATE; ANILIDE; ANILINE; AZIRINE DERIVATIVE; BENZONITRILE; DIAZOMETHANE; ENAMINE; FREE RADICAL; IMINE; INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NITROXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

BARTOLI INDOLE SYNTHESIS; BISCHLER INDOLE SYNTHESIS; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CLASSIFICATION; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOADDITION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELIMINATION REACTION; FISCHER INDOLE SYNTHESIS; HEMETSBERGER INDOLE SYNTHESIS; INDOLE SYNTHESIS; JULIA INDOLE SYNTHESIS; LAROCK INDOLE SYNTHESIS; LEIMGRUBERE BATCHO INDOLE SYNTHESIS; MADELUNG INDOLE SYNTHESIS; NENITZESCU INDOLE SYNTHESIS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REISSERT INDOLE SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SUNDBERG INDOLE SYNTHESIS; SYNTHESIS; TAUTOMERIZATION;

EID: 80051801186     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: 14645416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.06.040     Document Type: Review

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