Group VI metal-promoted endo-azacyclizations via alkyne-derived metal vinylidene carbenes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 44, 1997, Pages 7687-7690

  McDonald, Frank E ^a   Chatterjee, Arnab K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL COMPLEX; MOLYBDENUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYLIDENECARBENE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CYCLIZATION; ISOMERISM; METAL BINDING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030684668     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)10006-5     Document Type: Article

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