Unusual magnesium chloride catalyzed non-evans anti-aldol reactions of an enolizable L-threose derivative

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 34, 2007, Pages 5669-5673

  McNulty, James ^a   Nair, Jerald J ^a   Sliwinski, Marcin ^a   Harrington, Laura E ^a   Pandey, Siyaram ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aldol reactions; Diastereoselectivity; Natural products; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849008132     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200700854     Document Type: Article

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