Cyclopropyl carbenoid insertion into alkenylzirconocenes-a convergent synthesis of alkenylcyclopropanes and alkylidenecyclopropanes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 52, 2006, Pages 9181-9185

  Thomas, Emma ^a   Kasatkin, Alexander N ^a   Whitby, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; ALLYL COMPOUND; CARBENOID; CYCLOPROPANE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPYL CARBENOID; ISONITRILE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUND; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33751171271     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.10.132     Document Type: Article

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