Base-promoted reactions of dichlorocarbene adducts of cyclic enamines: A new route to annulated pyrroles

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 5421-5424

  Bissember, Alex C ^a   Phillis, Andrew T ^a   Banwell, Martin G ^a   Willis, Anthony C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 38349137465     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol7021774     Document Type: Article

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