Double nucleophilic addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide to α,β-unsaturated aldimines promoted by aluminum chloride: Preparation of 2-aminopentanedinitrile

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1456-1457

  Shimizu, Makoto ^a   Kamiya, Makiko ^a   Hachiya, Iwao ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 29344475803     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2005.1456     Document Type: Article

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