Arginine catalyzed direct aldol reactions in pure water: An environmentally friendly reaction system

Chinese Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1454-1460

  Peng, Yi Yuan ^a,b   Wang, Qi ^a   He, Jia Qi ^a   Cheng, Jin Pei ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction; Arginine; Environmentally friendly reaction; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549129537     PISSN: 1001604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.200890264     Document Type: Article

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