Intramolecular cyclopropanation of unsaturated terminal aziridines

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 995-998

  Hodgson, David M ^a   Humphreys, Philip G ^a   Ward, John G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644950248     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol060101n     Document Type: Article

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