Ring-Strain Effects in Base-Induced Sommelet–Hauser Rearrangement: Application to Successive Stereocontrolled Transformations

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 2016, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 3631-3641

  Tayama, Eiji ^a   Watanabe, Kazutoshi ^a   Matano, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Rearrangement; Stereochemical transmission; Strained molecules; Ylides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976898176     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201600611     Document Type: Article

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