Gold-catalyzed intramolecular regio- and enantioselective cycloisomerization of 1,1-bis(indolyl)-5-alkynes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 6767-6771

  Huang, Long ^a   Yang, Hai Bin ^a   Zhang, Di Han ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a   Tang, Xiang Ying ^a   Xu, Qin ^b   Shi, Min ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

bis(indoles); cycloisomerization; enantioselectivity; gold; regioselectivity

Indexed keywords

BIS(INDOLES); CYCLOISOMERIZATIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; HIGH YIELD;

CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; GOLD; HYDROCARBONS; REGIOSELECTIVITY;

ISOMERIZATION;

ALKALOID; ALKYNE; GOLD; LIGAND;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONS; GOLD; LIGANDS; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84879370989     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302632     Document Type: Article

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