N-trialkylsilyl Bistrifluoromethanesulfonimides (R3SiNTf 2) are powerful catalysts for the highly efficient α-amido alkylation reactions of silicon-based nucleophiles

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 5335-5337

  Othman, Raja Ben ^a   Bousquet, Till ^a   Othman, Mohamed ^a   Dalla, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

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EID: 28244432865     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol052357j     Document Type: Article

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