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Temperature dependence of turnover in a Sc(OTf)3-catalyzed intramolecular Schmidt reaction

Charlie Fehl1, Erin E Hirt1, Sze-Wan Li1

  • 1University of Kansas, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Delbert M. Shankel Structural Biology Center, 2034 Becker Drive, Lawrence, KS 66047-3761, United States.

Tetrahedron Letters
|June 19, 2015
PubMed

Keywords:
Intramolecular Schmidt reactionPolycyclic lactamsRing expansionScandium triflate catalysisTurnover

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