Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular C-H difluoroalkylation: Synthesis of substituted 3,3-difluoro-2-oxindoles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1646-1650

  Shi, Shi Liang ^a   Buchwald, Stephen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

C H activation; Cross coupling; Fluorine; Heterocycles; Palladium

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; FLUORINE; PALLADIUM;

C-H ACTIVATION; CROSS-COUPLINGS; HETEROCYCLES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; OXIDATIVE ADDITIONS; PALLADIUM-CATALYZED; RATE DETERMINING STEP;

CATALYSIS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBON; FLUORINE; HYDROGEN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; OXINDOLE; PALLADIUM;

ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYLATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; FLUORINE; HYDROGEN; INDOLES; PALLADIUM;

EID: 84921491083     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410471     Document Type: Article

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