Stereoselective synthesis of trisubstituted aziridines with N -α-diazoacyl camphorsultam

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1668-1671

  Hashimoto, Takuya ^a   Nakatsu, Hiroki ^a   Watanabe, Shogo ^a   Maruoka, Keiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77951146759     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol100104v     Document Type: Article

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