Donor-substituted nitrocyclopropanes: Immediate ring-enlargement to cyclic nitronates

Organic Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6098-6101

  Schmidt, Christian D ^a   Kaschel, Johannes ^a   Schneider, Tobias F ^a   Kratzert, Daniel ^a,b   Stalke, Dietmar ^a,b   Werz, Daniel B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84890107065     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol402990j     Document Type: Article

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