Investigations of the [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangements of vinylaziridines and allylic amines

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1190-1202

  Somfai, Peter ^a   Panknin, Olaf ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asymmetric reactions; Pericyclic reactions; Rearrangements; Vinylaziridines; Ylides

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; AMINE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYLAZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 34249827253     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-980341     Document Type: Review

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