Lewis acid-catalyzed synthesis of aziridines

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 8358-8359

  Casarrubios, Luis ^a   Pérez, Julio A ^a   Brookhart, Maurice ^a   Templeton, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029905722     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo961391w     Document Type: Article

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