Effects of Lithium Salts on the Stereochemistry of Ketone Enolization by Lithium 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidide (LiTMP). A Convenient Method for Highly E-Selective Enolate Formation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 113, Issue 25, 1991, Pages 9571-9574

  Hall, Patricia L ^a   Gilchrist, James H ^a   Collum, David B ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0000094425     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00025a023     Document Type: Article

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