[3+2] cycloaddition reactions of cyclopropyl imines with enones

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3885-3887

  Liu, Lei ^a   Montgomery, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 35048847434     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol071376l     Document Type: Article

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