The importance of electrostatic interactions in the stereoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrones to chiral allyl ethers: An experimental and force field approach

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1823-1832

  Annunziata, Rita ^a   Benaglia, Maurizio ^a   Cinquini, Mauro ^a   Cozzi, Franco ^a   Raimondi, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

1,3 Dipolar cycloadditions; Chiral allyl ethers; Nitrones; Transition state modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001708378     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199809)1998:9<1823::AID-EJOC1823>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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