Zwitterionic salts as mild organocatalysts for transesterification

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2187-2190

  Ishihara, Kazuaki ^a   Niwa, Masatoshi ^a   Kosugi, Yuji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 59849086893     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol8005979     Document Type: Article

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