Enantioselective synthesis of new C2-symmetric ferrocenylalkylamines via sonochemical amination of 1-ferrocenylalkyl acetates

Tetrahedron

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 7219-7230

  Woltersdorf, Marcell ^a   Kranich, Remo ^a   Schmalz, Hans Günther ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

FERROCENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIASTEREOISOMER; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030992564     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(97)00407-9     Document Type: Article

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