Enantioselective hydrogenation of acyclic aromatic N-aryl imines catalyzed by an iridium complex of (S,S)-1,2-bis(tert-butylmethylphosphino)ethane

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2289-2292

  Imamoto, Tsuneo ^a   Iwadate, Noriyuki ^a   Yoshida, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33745725816     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol060546b     Document Type: Article

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