Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2007, 72, 1046-1056
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20071046

Convenient Preparation of Chiral Dipyrrolylmethanes Containing a Chiral Moiety

Pier Giorgio Cozzia,*, Sandro Gambarottab, Magda Monaria and Luca Zolia

a Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
b Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada

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