Aqua-aminoorganoboron catalyst: Engineering single water molecule to act as an acid catalyst in nitro aldol reaction

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1294-1295

  Yoshimoto, Junichi ^a   Sandoval, Christian A ^b   Saito, Susumu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 67650459527     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2008.1294     Document Type: Article

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