Synthesis of functionalized indoles via palladium-catalyzed aerobic oxidative cycloisomerization of o-allylanilines

Organic Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 4786-4789

  Nallagonda, Rajender ^a   Rehan, Mohammad ^a   Ghorai, Prasanta ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BHOPAL   (India)

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EID: 84926505711     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol502244g     Document Type: Article

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