Highly enantioselective synthesis of β-amidophenylthioethers by organocatalytic desymmetrization of meso- aziridines

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3330-3333

  Sala, Giorgio Della ^a   Lattanzi, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; VAPOL LIGAND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AZIRIDINES; PHENANTHRENES; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFIDES;

EID: 68149153075     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol901209n     Document Type: Article

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