Palladium-catalyzed annulation of diarylamines with olefins through C-H activation: Direct access to N-arylindoles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 11895-11899

  Sharma, Upendra ^a   Kancherla, Rajesh ^a,b   Naveen, Togati ^a   Agasti, Soumitra ^a   Maiti, Debabrata ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b Natural Plant Products Division   (India)

Author keywords

C h activation; Cyclization; Indoles; Palladium; Reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; OLEFINS; PALLADIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

C-H ACTIVATION; DEHYDROGENATIVE COUPLING; DIRECTING GROUPS; INDOLES; MIGRATORY INSERTION; PALLADIUM-CATALYZED; REACTION MECHANISM; SUBSTITUTED INDOLES;

CYCLIZATION;

EID: 84915770740     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406284     Document Type: Article

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