α-Lithiation-rearrangement of N-toluenesulfonyl aziridines with sec-butyllithium and (-)-sparteine: Opposite sense of asymmetric induction to epoxides

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 35, 2003, Pages 6613-6615

  O'Brien, Peter ^a   Rosser, Clare M ^a   Caine, Darren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aziridines; Lithiation; Rearrangement; Stereochemistry; Sulfonamides

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; SPARTEINE;

ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LITHIATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0042170072     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(03)01677-0     Document Type: Article

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