Catalytic and highly enantioselective friedel-crafts alkylation of aromatic ethers with trifluoropyruvate under solvent-free conditions

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6127-6130

  Zhao, Jun Ling ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Sui, Yong ^a   Liu, Yu Liang ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Chen, Yong Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 33846170497     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0626037     Document Type: Article

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