Bicyclic imidazoles for modular synthesis of chiral imidazolium salts

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1764-1767

  Yoshida, Kazuhiro ^a   Horiuchi, Shingo ^a   Takeichi, Tomoko ^a   Shida, Hiroaki ^a   Imamoto, Tsuneo ^a   Yanagisawa, Akira ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77951174558     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol1003737     Document Type: Article

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