The morita-baylis-hillman reaction: Insights into asymmetry and reaction mechanisms by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3989-4021

  Carrasco Sanchez, Verónica ^a   Simirgiotis, Mario J ^b   Santos, Leonardo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

ESI MS; Morita Baylis Hillman; Online screening; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ONLINE SYSTEM; REVIEW;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 70350474380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14103989     Document Type: Review

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