Practical enantioselective synthesis of a 3-aryl-3-trifluoromethyl-2- aminopropanol derivative

Organic Process Research and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1161-1168

  Alimardanov, Asaf ^a   Nikitenko, Antonia ^a   Connolly, Terrence J ^e   Feigelson, Gregg ^e   Chan, Anita W ^e   Ding, Zhixian ^e   Ghosh, Mousumi ^e   Shi, Xinxu ^e   Ren, Jianxin ^e   Hansen, Eric ^e   Farr, Roger ^e   MacEwan, Michael ^e   Tadayon, Sam ^c   Springer, Dane M ^b   Kreft, Anthony F ^b   Ho, Douglas M ^d   Potoski, John R ^a  

^a WYETH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Wyeth Research Chemical Development   (Canada)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

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EID: 72449146232     PISSN: 10836160     EISSN: 1520586X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/op900216v     Document Type: Article

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