Organocatalytic reactions with acetaldehyde

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 4632-4634

  Alcaide, Benito ^a   Almendros, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Asymmetric synthesis; C C coupling; Natural products; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

CARBONYLATION; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPLEXATION; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ACETALDEHYDE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; C-C COUPLING; NATURAL PRODUCTS; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

ALDEHYDES;

EID: 53349153675     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801231     Document Type: Short Survey

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