The first regioselective palladium-catalyzed indolization of 2-bromo- or 2-chloroanilines with internal alkynes: A new approach to 2,3-disubstituted indoles

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4129-4132

  Shen, Ming ^a   Li, Guisheng ^a   Lu, Bruce Z ^a   Hossain, Azad ^a   Roschangar, Frank ^a   Farina, Vittorio ^a   Senanayake, Chris H ^a  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 8744296110     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol048114t     Document Type: Article

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29. +); HR-MS calcd 249.1517, found 249.1515.