Addition of azomethine ylides to aldehydes: Mechanistic dichotomy of differentially substituted α-imino esters

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3927-3933

  Seashore Ludlow, Brinton ^a   Torssell, Staffan ^a   Somfai, Peter ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction; Amino alcohols; Azomethine ylides; Cycloaddition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954263292     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201000377     Document Type: Article

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