Desymmetrization of cyclohexa-2,5-dienes through a diastereoselective protonation-hydroamination cascade

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 4755-4758

  Lebeuf, Raphaël ^a   Robert, Frédéric ^a   Schenk, Kurt ^b   Landais, Yannick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33750376100     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0618353     Document Type: Article

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