Lewis acid-mediated highly regioselective ring-expansion of methyl 2-phenyl-1-(arylhydroxymethyl)cyclopropanecarboxylates

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-195

  Yoshida, Eri ^a   Nishida, Kazufumi ^a   Toriyabe, Kei ^a   Taguchi, Ryouta ^a   Motoyoshiya, Jiro ^a   Nishii, Yoshinori ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77249112211     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2010.194     Document Type: Article

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