Highly enantioselective organocatalyzed construction of quaternary carbon centers via cross-aldol reaction of ketones in water

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 350, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2690-2694

  Zheng, Changwu ^a   Wu, Yongyong ^a   Wang, Xiaosheng ^a   Zhao, Gang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Aldols; Ketones; Organocatalysis; Quaternary stereocenters; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749102623     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200800248     Document Type: Article

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