Highly efficient asymmetric trans-selective aziridination of diazoacetamides and N-Boc-imines catalyzed by chiral brønsted acids

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3036-3039

  Zeng, Xiaofei ^a   Zeng, Xin ^a   Xu, Zhenjiang ^a   Lu, Min ^a   Zhong, Guofu ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

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EID: 67650286835     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol901047w     Document Type: Article

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