Highly efficient synthesis of mixed 3,3′-bisindoles via Rh(II)-catalyzed three-component reaction of 3-diazooxindoles with indoles and ethyl glyoxylate

Organic Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3578-3581

  Xing, Dong ^a   Jing, Changcheng ^a   Li, Xinfeng ^a   Qiu, Huang ^a   Hu, Wenhao ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO COMPOUND; GLYOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AZO COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; GLYOXYLATES; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RUTHENIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84880518774     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol401414w     Document Type: Article

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