Metal-catalyzed silylene transfer to imines: Synthesis and reactivity of silaaziridines

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3773-3776

  Nevárez, Zulimar ^a   Woerpel, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; ALLYL COMPOUND; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; IMINE; PALLADIUM; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; ALLYL COMPOUNDS; AZIRIDINES; CATALYSIS; IMINES; PALLADIUM; SILANES; SILVER;

EID: 34848818304     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol701424a     Document Type: Article

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