Dinuclear zinc-catalyzed enantioselective aza-henry reaction

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2023-2026

  Trost, Barry M ^a   Lupton, David W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; IMINE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKANES; ALKYLATION; AZA COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; IMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34249275662     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol070618e     Document Type: Article

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