Construction of indole skeletons by sequential actions of sunlight and rhodium on α-aminoacetophenones

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1076-1078

  Ishida, Naoki ^a   Nečas, David ^a   Shimamoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Murakami, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84883709073     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.130463     Document Type: Article

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