A practical stereoselective synthesis of chiral hydrobenzoins via asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of benzils

Organic Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1119-1121

  Murata, Kunihiko ^a   Okano, Kazuya ^b   Miyagi, Miwa ^b   Iwane, Hiroshi ^b   Noyori, Ryoji ^c   Ikariya, Takao ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000759992     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol990226a     Document Type: Article

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