Gallium(III) Chloride-Catalyzed Double Insertion of Isocyanides into Epoxides

Organic Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 4991-4993

  Bez, Ghanashyam ^a   Zhao, Cong Gui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; EPOXIDE; GALLIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0346025407     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0359618     Document Type: Article

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