Gold(I)- and brønsted acid-catalyzed ring-opening of unactivated vinylcyclopropanes with sulfonamides

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 349, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1619-1623

  Shi, Wen Jian ^a   Liu, Yanyun ^a   Butti, Pietro ^a   Togni, Antonio ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Gold; Hydroamination; Ring opening; Vinylcyclopropanes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547154223     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700006     Document Type: Article

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