Synthesis and reactions of enantiomerically pure chloromethyl oxiranes

Tetrahedron Asymmetry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 581-594

  Abrate, Francesca ^a   Bravo, Pierfrancesco ^a   Frigerio, Massimo ^a   Viani, Fiorenza ^b   Zanda, Matteo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030050320     PISSN: 09574166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0957-4166(96)00042-0     Document Type: Article

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