Enantioselective organocatalytic Michael addition of malonates to α,β-unsaturated aldehydes in water

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3075-3077

  Ma, Anqi ^a   Zhu, Shaolin ^a   Ma, Dawei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 UNSATURATED ALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID; ACROLEIN; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; MALONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

EID: 41649092639     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.03.051     Document Type: Article

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