Diphenylprolinol methyl ether: A highly enantioselective catalyst for Michael addition of aldehydes to simple enones

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4253-4256

  Chi, Yonggui ^a   Gellman, Samuel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 25444470782     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0517729     Document Type: Article

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