Nitrene equivalent mediated metal-free ring expansions of alkylidenecyclopropanes and an alkylidenecyclobutane

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 5877-5879

  Liang, Yong ^a   Jiao, Lei ^a   Wang, Yuanyuan ^a   Chen, Yuanyuan ^a   Ma, Linge ^a   Xu, Jiaxi ^a   Zhang, Shiwei ^a   Yu, Zhi Xiang ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

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EID: 33846298481     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol062504t     Document Type: Article

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