Rhodium (III)-catalyzed regioselective direct C-2 alkenylation of indoles assisted by the removable N-(2-pyrimidyl) group

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 356, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-143

  Gong, Binwei ^a,b   Shi, Jingjing ^b   Wang, Xiaowei ^a,b   Yan, Yunnan ^b,d   Li, Qiu ^b,c   Meng, Yanqiu ^a   Xu, H Eric ^b,e   Yi, Wei ^b  

^a SHENYANG UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d GANNAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrylates; C 2 alkenylation; Indoles; N (2 pyrimidyl) group; Rhodium (III) catalysts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893905617     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300700     Document Type: Article

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