DABCO: An efficient organocatalyst in the ring-opening reactions of aziridines with amines or thiols

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4271-4275

  Wu, Jie ^a,b   Sun, Xiaoyu ^a   Li, Yizhe ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Aziridines; Organocatalysis; Ring opening

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144529642     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500576     Document Type: Article

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