Mild and efficient allylation of indoles and amides using Amberlyst-15 as a recyclable heterogeneous catalyst

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1813-1823

  Liu, Zhe ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Wu, Yanchao ^a   Chen, Yongjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Allylation; Amberlyst 15; Heterogeneous catalysis; Recyclable

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; INDOLE;

ALLYLATION; AMBERLYST 15; ARTICLE; CATALYST; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84863144886     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2010.545162     Document Type: Article

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