Unexpected cis selectivity in the Pictet-Spengler reaction

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 3645-3647

  Bailey, Patrick D ^a   Beard, Mark A ^a   Phillips, Theresa R ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; PHENYL GROUP; TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CIS ISOMER; PICTET SPENGLER REACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 65549117573     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.03.121     Document Type: Article

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