Regio- and stereoselective lithiation and electrophilic substitution reactions of N-alkyl-2,3-diphenylaziridines: Solvent effect

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1263-1266

  Luisi, Renzo ^a   Capriati, Vito ^a   Florio, Saverio ^a   Musio, Biagia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

AZIRIDINES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LITHIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SOLVENTS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34147175489     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0700714     Document Type: Article

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