Enantiospecific Three-Component Alkylation of Furan and Indole

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2018, Pages 4279-4282

  Silvi, Mattia ^a   Schrof, Raffael ^a   Noble, Adam ^a   Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alkylation; boron; heterocycles; metallate rearrangement; photoredox catalysis

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BORON; CATALYSIS; KETONES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALKYLATION PRODUCTS; BORONATE COMPLEXES; HETEROCYCLES; MECHANISTIC ANALYSIS; METALLATE REARRANGEMENT; PHOTOREDOX CATALYSIS; STEREOSPECIFICITY; THREE COMPONENT;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 85042565869     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800527     Document Type: Article

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