Regioselective opening of substituted (cyclopropylmethyl)lithiums derived from cyclopropylmethyl iodides

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 40, 1998, Pages 7259-7262

  Charette, André B ^a   Naud, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; METHYL IODIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032190812     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)01582-2     Document Type: Article

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