Counterion effects in a gold-catalyzed synthesis of pyrroles from alkynyl aziridines

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2293-2296

  Davies, Paul W ^a   Martin, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 66149185302     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol900609f     Document Type: Article

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