Easy preparation of enantiopure C2 symmetrical hydroxy and amino sulfides derived from ephedrine and their application in a Pd catalyzed coupling reaction

Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas-Journal of the Royal Netherlands

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-55

  Koning, Bartjan ^a   Hulst, Ron ^a   Kellogg, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0002751822     PISSN: 01650513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/recl.19961150110     Document Type: Article

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