Torquoselective 6π-electron electrocyclic ring closure of 1-azatrienes containing acyclic chirality at the C-terminus

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2611-2614

  Sydorenko, Nadiya ^a   Hsung, Richard P ^a   Vera, Eymi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 33745546543     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol060932t     Document Type: Article

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