Hybrid NH2-benzimidazole ligands for efficient Ru-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of aryl ketones

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 907-910

  Li, Yuehui ^a   Ding, Kuiling ^a   Sandoval, Christian A ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 64349122908     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol802766u     Document Type: Article

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