Enantioselective reduction of trifluoromethyl ketones with chiral organomagnesium amides (COMAs)

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 4139-4142

  Yong, Kelvin H ^a   Chong, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0037575929     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol026901p     Document Type: Article

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