A dendritic active site: Catalysis of the Henry reaction

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 3075-3078

  Davis, Amber V ^a   Driffield, Malcolm ^a   Smith, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000746859     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol016197x     Document Type: Article

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