First organocatalyzed asymmetric Michael addition of aldehydes to vinyl sulfones

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4361-4364

  Mossé, Sarah ^a   Alexakis, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 26444568120     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol051488h     Document Type: Article

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