Methyllithium-promoted Wittig rearrangements of α-alkoxysilanes

Organic Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1115-1118

  Maleczka Jr , Robert E ^a   Geng, Feng ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; LITHIUM; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY;

ALKANES; LITHIUM; SILANES;

EID: 0033533657     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol990912+     Document Type: Article

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