Novel diethylaluminum chloride promoted reactions of the azetidine ring: Efficient and stereocontrolled entry to functionalized olefins, pyrrolidines, and pyrroles

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 9596-9604

  Alcaide, Benito ^a   Almendros, Pedro ^a   Aragoncillo, Cristina ^a   Salgado, Nati R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; AZETIDINE DERIVATIVE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033601329     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo991203c     Document Type: Article

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60. Full spectroscopic and analytical data for compounds not included in the Experimental Section are described in the Supporting Information.