Solvent-controlled switchable C-H alkenylation of 4-aryl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylates: Application to the total synthesis of (±)-rhazinilam

Organic Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 4884-4887

  Su, Youla ^a   Zhou, Haipin ^a   Chen, Jiaxuan ^a   Xu, Jinyi ^a   Wu, Xiaoming ^a   Lin, Aijun ^a   Yao, Hequan ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALKENE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; INDOLIZINE DERIVATIVE; LACTAM; PALLADIUM; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; RHAZINILAM; SOLVENT;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; ALKENES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; INDOLIZINES; LACTAMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALLADIUM; PYRROLES; SOLVENTS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84916234817     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol5023933     Document Type: Article

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