Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Aliphatic N-Arylhydrazones: A Concise Synthetic Entry to 2-Trifluoromethylindoles from Simple Aldehydes

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 357, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2939-2943

  Prieto, Alexis ^a   Landart, Mélissa ^a   Baudoin, Olivier ^a   Monteiro, Nuno ^a   Bouyssi, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

fluorine; homogeneous catalysis; hydrazones; hypervalent compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941806571     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201500237     Document Type: Article

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