A formal [3+2] cycloaddition process with nonactivated aziridines to polysubstituted indolizidines

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 5545-5548

  Zhu, Wei ^a   Cai, Guorong ^b   Ma, Dawei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 29444435219     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0513692     Document Type: Article

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