Iron-catalyzed aziridination reactions

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 350, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1835-1840

  Nakanishi, Masafumi ^a   Salit, Anne Frederique ^a   Bolm, Carsten ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Aziridination; Iron; Nitrogen transfer; Sulfonamides

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849099673     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700519     Document Type: Article

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