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SUBMITTER: Kieffer ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3662218 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20130403 15
A copper-catalyzed arylation of tryptophan derivatives is reported. The reaction proceeds with high site- and diastereoselectivity to provide aryl pyrroloindoline products in one step from simple starting materials. The utility of this transformation is highlighted in the five-step syntheses of the natural products (+)-naseseazine A and B. ...[more]