New route to azaspirocycles via the organolithium-mediated conversion of β-alkoxy aziridines into cyclopentenyl amines

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5145-5148

  Moore, Stephen P ^a   Coote, Susannah C ^a   O'Brien, Peter ^a   Gilday, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33750908043     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol062073e     Document Type: Article

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