A novel bis-thiourea organocatalyst for the asymmetric aza-Henry reaction

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 350, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1785-1790

  Rampalakos, Constantinos ^a   Wulff, William D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Aza Henry reaction; BINAM; Nitroalkanes; Organocatalyst; Thioureas

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849113684     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200800214     Document Type: Article

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