A direct route into fused imidazo-diazines and imidazo-pyridines using nucleophilic nitrenoids in a gold-catalyzed formal [3 + 2]-dipolar cycloaddition

Organic Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 4850-4853

  Garzon, Miguel ^a   Davies, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925865470     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol502346d     Document Type: Article

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