Chiral N-acetyl selone-promoted aldol reactions

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 641-653

  Silks III, Louis A ^a   Kimball, David B ^a   Hatch, Duane ^a   Ollivault Shiflett, Morgane ^a   Michalczyk, Ryszard ^a   Moody, Eddie ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

77Se NMR spectroscopy; Acetate aldol; Enolate structure; Selenocarbonyl

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; N ACETYL SELONE; OXAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLIDINESELONE; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SELENIUM NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 61849175897     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802419706     Document Type: Article

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