Selective lithiation of 2-methyloxazoles. Applications to pivotal bond constructions in the phorboxazole nucleus

Organic Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-90

  Evans, David A ^a   Cee, Victor J ^a   Smith, Thomas E ^a   Santiago, Keith J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS;

ALKYLATION; KINETICS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OXAZOLES;

EID: 0033565015     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol990027r     Document Type: Article

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