Lessons learned while traversing the welwitindolinone alkaloids obstacle course

Tetrahedron

Volumn 67, Issue 52, 2011, Pages 10097-10104

  Bhat, Vikram ^a   MacKay, James A ^a,b   Rawal, Viresh H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic Cope rearrangement; Chlorination; O Acylation; Vilsmeier Haack reaction; Welwitindolinones

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WELWITINDOLINONE ALKALOID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; CHLOROSELENATION; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 82255162600     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: 14645416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.09.088     Document Type: Article

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