An enantioselective allylation reaction of aldehydes in an aqueous medium

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 51, 1999, Pages 9115-9118

  Loh, Teck Peng ^a   Zhou, Jian Rong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aldehyde; Allylation; Aqueous; Enantioselectivity; Indium

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALLYL COMPOUND; INDIUM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033579616     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01743-8     Document Type: Article

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