The intramolecular aromatic electrophilic substitution of aminocyclopropanes prepared by the Kulinkovich-de Meijere reaction

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4654-4662

  Larquetoux, Laurent ^a   Ouhamou, Nouara ^a   Chiaroni, Angèle ^a   Six, Yvan ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Amides; Aromatic substitution; Cyclisation; Cyclopropanes; Titanium

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644479596     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500428     Document Type: Article

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