2,2-dimethyl-4-(4-methoxy-phenoxy) butanoate and 2,2-dimethyl-4-azido butanoate: Two new pivaloate-ester-like protecting groups

Organic Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2270-2273

  Castelli, Riccardo ^a   Overkleeft, Herman S ^a   Van Der Marel, Gijsbert A ^a   Codée, Jeroen D C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84877144194     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol4008475     Document Type: Article

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