Efficient synthesis of enantiomerically pure α-alkyl cyclopropanecarbonitrile derivatives from pyrazolines

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 4945-4948

  García Ruano, José L ^a   Alonso De Diego, Sergio A ^a   Martín, M Rosario ^a   Torrente, Esther ^a   Martín Castro, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NITROGEN; PYRAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; HYDROGENOLYSIS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CYCLOPROPANES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NITRILES; PYRAZOLES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 12344294527     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol047937f     Document Type: Article

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