Organocatalytic domino reaction of cyanosulfones: Access to complex cyclohexane systems with quaternary carbon centers

Organic Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1386-1389

  Rajkumar, Sundaram ^a   Shankland, Kenneth ^a   Goodman, Jonathan M ^b   Cobb, Alexander J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84875169266     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol400356k     Document Type: Article

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