Design of an organocatalyst for the enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction with α-acyloxyacroleins

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 10504-10505

  Ishihara, Kazuaki ^a   Nakano, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

EID: 23044486704     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja053368a     Document Type: Article

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