Thermally induced [2+2] cycloadditions of (benzyloxymethylene)cyclopropane with alkylidenemalononitriles

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 27, 2007, Pages 4479-4482

  Nakamura, Itaru ^a   Nagata, Ryoko ^a   Nemoto, Tetsuya ^a   Terada, Masahiro ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshinori ^a   Späth, Thomas ^b   De Meijere, Armin ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cycloaddition; Cyclobutanes; Cyclopropanes; Enols

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748866709     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200700531     Document Type: Article

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