Highly selective aziridination of imines using trimethylsilyldiazomethane and applications of C-silylaziridines in synthesis

Organic Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 4107-4109

  Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a,b   Ferrara, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000415479     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol006772h     Document Type: Article

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