Efficient one-pot synthesis of enantiomerically pure 2-(hydroxymethyl)- morpholines

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2100-2106

  Breuning, Matthias ^a   Winnacker, Malte ^a   Steiner, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Cyclization; Epichlorohydrin; Morpholines; Nitrogen heterocycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250315080     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200601006     Document Type: Article

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