Straightforward synthesis of enantiopure 2-aminomethyl and 2-hydroxymethyl pyrrolidines with complete stereocontrol

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1287-1290

  Marradi, Marco ^a,b   Cicchi, Stefano ^a   Ignacio Delso, J ^a,b   Rosi, Luca ^a   Tejero, Tomas ^b   Merino, Pedro ^b   Goti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM; METHYL GROUP; OXIDE; OXYGEN; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 13244299173     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.12.119     Document Type: Article

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