Novel intramolecular cyclopropanation reaction of unsaturated β-keto esters

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 3271-3274

  Yang, Dan ^a   Gao, Qiang ^a   Lee, Chi Sing ^a   Cheung, Kung Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0041758456     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0265158     Document Type: Article

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