Lewis acid mediated cyclisation of methylenecyclopropyl ketones and aldehydes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3045-3048

  Peron, Guillaume L N ^a   Kitteringham, John ^b   Kilburn, Jeremy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclisation; Lewis acid; Methylenecyclopropane

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033537987     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00320-2     Document Type: Article

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