Anti and syn glycolate aldol reactions with a readily displaced thiol auxiliary

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9788-9791

  Fanjul, Sandra ^a   Hulme, Alison N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DIASTEREOMER; ESTER DERIVATIVES; FACIAL SELECTIVITIES; GLYCOLATE; ISOLATED YIELDS; MILD CONDITIONS; SYN SELECTIVITIES;

ALDEHYDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DERIVATIVES; ESTERS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; BENZALDEHYDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTERS; GLYCOLATES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 58049191513     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo801720v     Document Type: Article

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