Rapid assembly of quinolizidines via consecutive nucleophilic cyclizations onto activated amides

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4268-4271

  Bélanger, Guillaume ^a   O'Brien, Gary ^a   Larouche Gauthier, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; PROTON; QUINOLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTONS; QUINOLIZIDINES;

EID: 80051694624     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol201616k     Document Type: Article

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