X-ray characterization of an electron donor-acceptor complex that drives the photochemical alkylation of indoles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1485-1489

  Kandukuri, Sandeep R ^b   Bahamonde, Ana ^b   Chatterjee, Indranil ^b   Jurberg, Igor D ^b   Escudero Adán, Eduardo C ^b   Melchiorre, Paolo ^a  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkylation; Indoles; Photochemistry; Radicals; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ELECTRON DONOR ACCEPTOR COMPLEX; INDOLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOCHEMICAL ALKYLATION; RADICALS; SYNTHETIC METHODS; X-RAY CHARACTERIZATION; X-RAY SINGLE-CRYSTAL ANALYSIS;

X RAYS;

EID: 85027924410     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409529     Document Type: Article

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