Recent breakthroughs in enantioselective Brφnsted acid and Brφnsted base catalysis

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 398-403

  Pihko, Petri M ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amination; Aza Henry reaction; Br nsted acids; Br nsted bases; Conjugate addition; Mannich reaction; Morita Baylis Hillman reaction; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745730413     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570178054405940     Document Type: Review

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