Meyers' bicyclic lactam formation under mild and highly stereoselective conditions

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 48, 2005, Pages 8385-8389

  Penhoat, Maël ^a   Leleu, Stephane ^a   Dupas, Georges ^a   Papamicaël, Cyril ^a   Marsais, Francis ^a   Levacher, Vincent ^a  

^a Normandie Université   (France)

Author keywords

(R) Phenylglycinol; Meyers' bicyclic lactam; Mukaiyama's reagent; Thioester

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; LACTAM DERIVATIVE; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; LOW TEMPERATURE; MUKAIYAMA REACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 27644594599     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.09.154     Document Type: Article

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