Remarkable enhancement of reactivity by Bronsted acids in aldol reactions mediated by Lewis acid-surfactant-combined catalysts in water

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3773-3776

  Manabe, Kei ^a   Kobayashi, Shu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; SCANDIUM TRISDODECYLSULFATE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DISPERSION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033532244     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00606-1     Document Type: Article

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