Small and versatile - Formyl anion and dianion equivalents

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2387-2400

  Kirschning, Andreas ^a   Kujat, Christof ^a   Luiken, Silke ^a   Schaumann, Ernst ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Carbanions; Formyl anions; Homologations; Umpolung

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250680264     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200601003     Document Type: Short Survey

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