Intramolecular Dearomative Oxidative Coupling of Indoles: A Unified Strategy for the Total Synthesis of Indoline Alkaloids

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 702-711

  Zi, Weiwei ^a   Zuo, Zhiwei ^a   Ma, Dawei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84925432972     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar5004303     Document Type: Article

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