Off the beaten track: The use of secondary amines in the Ugi reaction

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1849-1859

  Tron, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular diversity; Multicomponent reactions; Nitrogen heterocycles; Rearrangement; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875477613     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201201660     Document Type: Review

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