Diastereoselective zinc-catalyzed conjugate addition of alkynes

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2281-2283

  Knöpfel, Thomas F ^a   Boyall, Dean ^a   Carreira, Erick M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 3142757947     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0491585     Document Type: Article

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