Highly stereoselective metal-mediated entry to functionalized tetrahydrothiophenes by Barbier-type carbonyl-addition reactions

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2628-2634

  Alcaide, Benito ^a   Almendros, Pedro ^b   Del Campo, Teresa Martínez ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; C C coupling; Nucleophilic addition; Sulfur heterocycles; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849144301     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200800067     Document Type: Article

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