Transfer hydrogenation in water: Enantioselective, catalytic reduction of (E)-β,β-disubstituted nitroalkenes

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4196-4198

  Soltani, Omid ^a   Ariger, Martin A ^a   Carreira, Erick M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 70349100856     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol901332e     Document Type: Article

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