Regio- and stereoselective lithiation of terminal oxazolinylaziridines: The aziridine N-substituent and the oxazolinyl group effect

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3295-3298

  Luisi, Renzo ^a   Capriati, Vito ^a   Di Cunto, Peppino ^a   Florio, Saverio ^a   Mansueto, Rosmara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; LACTONE; LITHIUM; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

AZIRIDINES; LACTONES; LITHIUM; OXAZOLES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34548192017     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol071264u     Document Type: Article

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