Catalytic enantioselective Michael additions to unsaturated ester derivatives using chiral copper(II) Lewis acid complexes

Organic Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 865-868

  Evans, David A ^a   Willis, Michael C ^a   Johnston, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; COPPER; ESTER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COPPER; ESTERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 0033598250     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol9901570     Document Type: Article

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