Why is alkylation of an enolate accompanied by so much polyalkylation?

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 2599-2601

  Streitwieser, Andrew ^a   Kim, Yeong Joon ^a   Wang, Daniel Ze Rong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000454113     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0162872     Document Type: Article

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