Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of functionalized ketones

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3235-3238

  Wang, You Qing ^a   Lu, Sheng Mei ^a   Zhou, Yong Gui ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 23044507622     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol051007u     Document Type: Article

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