Diphenylprolinol silyl ether as catalyst of an asymmetric, catalytic, and direct Michael reaction of nitroalkanes with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 5307-5309

  Gotoh, Hiroaki ^a   Ishikawa, Hayato ^a   Hayashi, Yujiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 37249064645     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702545z     Document Type: Article

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