Regio- and diastereoselective reduction of nonenolizable α-diketones to acyloins mediated by indium metal

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1015-1018

  Khan, Faiz Ahmed ^a   Dash, Jyotirmayee ^a   Sahu, Nilam ^a   Gupta, Sharad ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

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EID: 0000413338     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol025593s     Document Type: Article

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