Competitive mechanisms and origins of stereocontrol in the [2 + 2] thermal cycloaddition between imines and keteniminium cations. A complementary entry to 2-azetidinones (β-lactams) and related compounds

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1831-1842

  Arrieta, Ana ^a   Cossío, Fernando P ^a   Lecea, Begoña ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CYCLIZATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033583273     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9815002     Document Type: Article

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