Organocatalytic conversion of arylglyoxals into optically active mandelic acid derivatives

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 3185-3188

  Schmitt, Ellen ^a   Schiffers, Ingo ^a   Bolm, Carsten ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CINCHONA ALKALOID; GLYOXAL DERIVATIVE; MANDELIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; SYNTHESIS;

CINCHONA;

EID: 65549105179     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.01.114     Document Type: Article

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