Chiral phosphinamides: New catalysts for the asymmetric reduction of ketones by borane

Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkin Transactions 1

Volumn , Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1027-1038

  Burns, Barry ^a   King, N Paul ^a   Tye, Heather ^a   Studley, John R ^a   Gamble, Mark ^b   Wills, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748621482     PISSN: 0300922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a709174e     Document Type: Article

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