Cycloadditions of aromatic azomethine imines with 1,1-cyclopropane Diesters

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 689-692

  Perreault, Christian ^a   Goudreau, Sbastien R ^a   Zimmer, Lucie E ^a   Charette, Andr B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 46949106418     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702414e     Document Type: Article

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