N-cumyl benzamide, sulfonamide, and aryl O-carbamate directed metalation groups. Mild hydrolytic lability for facile manipulation of directed ortho metalation derived aromatics

Organic Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1183-1186

  Metallinos, Costa ^a   Nerdinger, Sven ^a   Snieckus, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001491460     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol990846b     Document Type: Article

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