On the Reactivity of o-Lithioaryl Ethers: Tandem Anion Translocation and Wittig Rearrangement

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1587-1590

  Barluenga, José ^a   Fañanás, Francisco J ^a   Sanz, Roberto ^b   Marcos, César ^b   Trabada, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

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EID: 19044383556     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0258029     Document Type: Article

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