A β-lactone-based route to cyclopentanes via intramolecular allylsilane additions. An unexpected Friedel-Crafts alkylation

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 37, 1997, Pages 6537-6540

  Zhao, Cunxiang ^a   Romo, Daniel ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030815185     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)01529-3     Document Type: Article

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