The first enantioenriched metalated nitrile possessing macroscopic configurationat stability

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1319-1322

  Carlier, Paul R ^a   Zhang, Yiqun ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34147107497     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol070149g     Document Type: Article

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