Amino acid-peptide-catalyzed enantioselective Morita-Baylis-Hillman reactions

Tetrahedron

Volumn 62, Issue 49, 2006, Pages 11450-11459

  Vasbinder, Melissa M ^a   Imbriglio, Jason E ^a   Miller, Scott J ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; KETONE; PEPTIDE; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; BAYLIS HILLMAN REACTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33750437400     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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