Regiochemical control of the ring-opening of aziridines by means of chelating processes. Part 4: Regioselectivity of the opening reactions with MeOH of 1-(benzyloxy)-2,3- and -3,4-N-(methoxycarbonyl)aziridoalkanes under condensed and gas-phase operating conditions

Tetrahedron

Volumn 63, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 5501-5509

  Crotti, Paolo ^a   Renzi, Gabriele ^b   Roselli, Graziella ^b   Di Bussolo, Valeria ^a   Giuli, Sandra ^b   Tsitsigia, Sofia ^a   Romano, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aziridines; Chelation; Gas phase reactions; Regioselectivity

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHELATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; GAS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING OPENING;

EID: 34248549502     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.04.040     Document Type: Article

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