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Q.; Wang, Y.-N.; Lu, L. Q.; Xiao, W. J. Highly Stereoselective [3 + 2]
Cycloadditions of Chiral Palladium-Containing N1−1, 3-Dipoles: A
Divergent Approach to Enantioenriched Spirooxindoles. Chem. - Eur. J.
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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H.; Hou, X.-L. Highly Diastereo-and Enantioselective Palladium-
Catalyzed [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Vinyl Aziridines and α, β-
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (21572130, 21871179), the Innovation
Fund from Joint Research Center for Precision Medicine set up
by Shanghai Jiao Tong University & Affiliated Sixth People’s
Hospital South Campus (IFPM2017B008). We thank the
Instrumental Analysis Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
for HRMS analysis.
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