Structure and Reactivity of Lithium Diphenylamide. Role of Aggregates, Mixed Aggregates, Monomers, and Free Ions on the Rates and Selectivities of N-Alkylation and E2 Elimination

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 110, Issue 16, 1988, Pages 5524-5533

  DePue, Jeffrey S ^a   Collum, David B ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0343375652     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00224a042     Document Type: Article

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