Oxazolidine synthesis by complementary stereospecific and stereoconvergent methods

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5188-5191

  Shaghafi, Michael B ^a   Grote, Robin E ^a   Jarvo, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLIDINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; KINETICS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXAZOLES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 80054760159     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol202068p     Document Type: Article

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