"Instant methylide" modification of the Corey-Chaykovsky cyclopropanation reaction

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1333-1341

  Ciaccio, James A ^a   Aman, Courtney E ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corey chaykovsky reactions; Cyclopropanation; Methylide; MIRC reaction

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLOPROPANATION; ELECTRON; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33645566287     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910500521837     Document Type: Article

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