Cationic Cobalt(III) Catalyzed Indole Synthesis: The Regioselective Intermolecular Cyclization of N-Nitrosoanilines and Alkynes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 4035-4039

  Liang, Yujie ^a   Jiao, Ning ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

C H activation; cobalt; indoles; reaction mechanisms; regioselectivity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CATALYSIS; COBALT; HYDROCARBONS; REGIOSELECTIVITY;

C-H ACTIVATION; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; INDOLES; INTERMOLECULAR CYCLIZATION; INTERNAL ALKYNES; REACTION MECHANISM; REGIO-SELECTIVE; SUBSTITUTED INDOLES;

CYCLIZATION;

EID: 84959896180     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201511002     Document Type: Article

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