Diastereoselective addition of methyllithium and dimethylcuprate-boron trifluoride to imines derived from (S)-1-phenylethylamine

Tetrahedron

Volumn 52, Issue 38, 1996, Pages 12571-12586

  Alvaro, Giuseppe ^a   Savoia, Diego ^a   Valentinetti, Maria R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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AMINE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030590484     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4020(96)00746-6     Document Type: Article

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