One-carbon ring expansion of azetidines via ammonium ylide [1,2]-shifts: A simple route to substituted pyrrolidines

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2832-2836

  Bott, Tina M ^a   Vanecko, John A ^b,c   West, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZETIDINE; AZETIDINES; CARBON RINGS; CARBONYL GROUPS; EXOCYCLIC GROUPS; PYRROLIDINES; RING EXPANSIONS; STABILIZING GROUPS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; AZETIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; COPPER; NITROGEN; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION;

EID: 64249127625     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9001323     Document Type: Article

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