Dimerization of lithiated terminal aziridines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 935-938

  Hodgson, David M ^a   Miles, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aziridines; Lithiation; Small ring systems; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DIMERIZATION; ENZYMES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AZIRIDINES; LITHIATION; SMALL RING SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 32044436336     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503303     Document Type: Article

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