Diastereoselective intermolecular cobalt-catalyzed reductive aldol reactions of α,β-unsaturated amides with ketones

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 4367-4370

  Lumby, Ralph J R ^a   Joensuu, Pekka M ^a   Lam, Hon Wai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYBUTANAL; ALDEHYDE; ALDOL; AMIDE; COBALT; KETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALDEHYDES; AMIDES; CATALYSIS; COBALT; KETONES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 35549009016     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol701980e     Document Type: Article

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