Highly stereoselective ruthenium(II)-catalyzed direct C2- syn -alkenylation of indoles with alkynes

Organic Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1349-1352

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Wei, Jun ^a   Fu, Shaomin ^a   Lin, Dongen ^a   Jiang, Huanfeng ^a   Zeng, Wei ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84925379491     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol503618m     Document Type: Article

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