Assessing the rates of ring-opening of aziridinium and azetidinium ions: A dramatic ring size effect

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1836-1839

  De Rycke, Nicolas ^a   David, Olivier ^a   Couty, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VERSAILLES SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINES   (France)

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EID: 79953216764     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol200348k     Document Type: Article

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