Directed lithiation of N -benzenesulfonyl-3-bromopyrrole. Electrophile-controlled regioselective functionalization via dynamic equilibrium between C-2 and C-5 lithio species

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2734-2737

  Fukuda, Tsutomu ^a   Ohta, Takeshi ^a   Sudo, Ei Ichi ^a   Iwao, Masatomo ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77953604098     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol100810c     Document Type: Article

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