An efficient and diastereoselective intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of cyclic azomethine ylides and nitrones

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3259-3265

  Pedrosa, Rafael ^a   Andrés, Celia ^a   Nieto, Javier ^a   Pérez Cuadrado, Cristóbal ^a   Francisco, Iván San ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Cyclizations; Dipolar cycloaddition; Isoxazolidines; Pyrrolidines

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746066351     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200600242     Document Type: Article

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