A short and efficient route to enantiopure 3,5-diarylpyrrolizidines

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1727-1732

  Scarpi, Dina ^a   Occhiato, Ernesto G ^a   Guarna, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

HETEROCYCLIC AMINE; PYRROLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; NOTE; RACEMIC MIXTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0033525850     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo981946i     Document Type: Note

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