Diastereo- and enantioselective Aza-MBH-type reaction of nitroalkenes to N-tosylimines catalyzed by bifunctional organocatalysts

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3310-3313

  Wang, Xiao ^a   Chen, Yong Fei ^a   Niu, Liang Feng ^a   Xu, Peng Fei ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 68149144269     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol9011458     Document Type: Article

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