Asymmetric Deprotonations: Lithiation of N-(tert-Butoxycarbonyl)indoline with sec-Butyllithium/ (-)-Sparteine

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 7679-7689

  Bertini Gross, Kathleen M ^a   Jun, Young M ^a   Beak, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0000198354     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9708856     Document Type: Article

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