Michael addition of allenoates to electron-deficient olefins: Facile synthesis of 2-alkynyl-substituted glutaric acid derivatives

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3887-3890

  Liu, Le Ping ^a   Xu, Bo ^a   Hammond, Gerald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 60949108432     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol801411b     Document Type: Article

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