The advent and development of organocatalysis

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7211, 2008, Pages 304-308

  MacMillan, David W C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENAMINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; EPOXIDATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULE; NOTE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 52149113820     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07367     Document Type: Note

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