Cyclobutylidenecyclopropane: New synthesis and use in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions - A direct route to spirocyclopropane-annulated azepinone derivatives

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 20, 2001, Pages 3789-3795

  De Meijere, Armin ^a   Von Seebach, Malte ^a   Kozhushkov, Sergei I ^a   Boese, Roland ^b   Bläser, Dieter ^b   Cicchi, Stefano ^c   Dimoulas, Tula ^c   Brandi, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cycloadditions; Rearrangements; Small ring systems; Spiro compounds

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; PYROLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; VACUUM;

EID: 0034780922     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0690(200110)2001:20<3789::AID-EJOC3789>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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