Advanced procedure for the preparation of cis-1,2-dialkylcyclopropanols - Modified ate complex mechanism for titanium-mediated cyclopropanation of carboxylic esters with Grignard reagents

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2121-2132

  Kulinkovich, Oleg G ^a   Kananovich, Dzmitry G ^a  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Carboxylic esters; Cyclopropanols; Reaction mechanisms; Titanacyclopropanes; Titanium

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250654164     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200601035     Document Type: Article

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