Enantioselective synthesis of β-hydroxy acid derivatives via a one-pot aldol reaction-dynamic kinetic resolution

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1209-1212

  Huerta, Fernando F ^a   Bäckvall, Jan E ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYBUTANAL; ALDEHYDE; ALDOL; CARBON; ESTER; ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY;

ALDEHYDES; CARBON; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; ESTERS; ETHERS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035912310     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol015682p     Document Type: Article

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