A rationally designed cocatalyst for the Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 4666-4669

  Jones, Charlotte E S ^a   Turega, Simon M ^a   Clarke, Matthew L ^a   Philp, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 FLUOROBENZALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRICITY; FLUORINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; HYDROGEN BOND; MORITA BAYLIS HILLMAN REACTION;

EID: 45049083371     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.05.037     Document Type: Article

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