Rational design of organocatalyst: Highly stereoselective michael addition of cyclic ketones to nitroolefins

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1927-1930

  Tan, Bin ^a   Zeng, Xiaofei ^a   Lu, Yunpeng ^a   Chua, Pei Juan ^a   Zhong, Guofu ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

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EID: 66149154333     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol900330p     Document Type: Article

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