Highly enantioselective organocatalytic direct aldol reaction in an aqueous medium

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2593-2595

  Maya, Vishnu ^a   Raj, Monika ^a   Singh, Vinod K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

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EID: 34547144181     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol071013l     Document Type: Article

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