Highly Enantioselective Ring-Opening Reactions of Aziridines with Indole and Its Application in the Building of C3-Halogenated Pyrroloindolines

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 50, 2014, Pages 16478-16483

  Yang, Dongxu ^a   Wang, Linqing ^a   Han, Fengxia ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Zhao, Depeng ^a   Cao, Yiming ^a   Ma, Yunxia ^a   Kong, Weidong ^a   Sun, Quantao ^a   Wang, Rui ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

asymmetric synthesis; cyclization; magnesium; ring opening reactions

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HALOGENATION; LIGANDS; MAGNESIUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ASYMMETRIC RING OPENING; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; AZIRIDINES; CHIRAL LIGAND; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ITS APPLICATIONS; RING OPENING REACTION; RING-OPENING PRODUCTS;

CYCLIZATION;

EID: 84921291238     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404354     Document Type: Article

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