A Facile Method for the Synthesis of 3-Alkyloxindole

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-232

  Du, Tai Ping ^a   Zhu, Gang Guo ^a   Zhou, Jian ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3 alkenyloxindoles; 3 alkyloxindoles; Benzylamine; Carbonyl compounds; Conjugate reduction; Knoevenagel condensations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860592876     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017812800167420     Document Type: Article

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