Alpha-lithio quinuclidine N-oxide (Li-QNO): a new base for synthetic chemistry.
A-Lithio quinuclidine N-oxide (Li-QNO) behaves as a strong non-nucleophilic base and an HMPA mimetic in a tandem process, in a range of synthetically useful reactions.
O'Neil
Ian A
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Robert Robinson Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown St, Liverpool, UK. ion@liv.ac.uk
Bhamra
Inder
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Gibbons
Peter D
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