Rapid access to azepine-fused oxetanols from alkoxy-substituted maleimides

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1481-1484

  Booker Milburn, Kevin I ^a   Baker, James R ^a   Bruce, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVARTIS HORSHAM RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; AZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE; OXETANOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOADDITION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 2442455649     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol049645k     Document Type: Article

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