Regioselective opening of chalcone epoxides with nitrogen heterocycles using indium(III) chloride as an efficient catalyst

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2008-2018

  Konduru, Naveen Kumar ^a   Ahmed, Naseem ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

1,3 diaryl 2 hydroxy 3 (1H 3 indolyl 2 pyrrolyl)propan 1 one; Chalcone epoxide; InCl3; indole; pyrrole

Indexed keywords

1(4 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 HYDROXY 3(1H INDOL 3 YL) 3 PHENYLPROPAN 1 ONE; 1,3 DIARYL 2 HYDROXY 3(1H 3 INDOLYL 2 PYRROLYL) PROPAN 1 ONE DERIVATIVE; 2 METHYL INDOLE; 3(4 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 HYDROXY 1 (NAPHTHALEN 2 YL) 3(1H PYRROL 2 YL) PROPAN 1 ONE DERIVATIVE; 3(4 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 HYDROXY 3(2 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL) 1 (NAPHTHALEN 2 YL) PROPAN 1 ONE; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; INDIUM CHLORIDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DRUG STRUCTURE; RING OPENING; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84877657700     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2012.667291     Document Type: Article

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