Highly anti-selective catalytic aldol reactions of amides with aldehydes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 8704-8705

  Saito, Susumu ^a   Kobayashi, Shu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETANILIDE DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; AMIDE; ESTER; KETONE; MEQUINOL; N BENZYLOXYCARBONYLACETANILIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; BAEYER VILLIGER REACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY;

ALDEHYDES; AMIDES; CATALYSIS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33745955129     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja061221t     Document Type: Article

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