Organocatalytic cascade reactions as a new tool in total synthesis

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-178

  Grondal, Christoph ^a   Jeanty, Matthieu ^b   Enders, Dieter ^b  

^a BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DRUG; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

AMINES; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 77649087999     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.539     Document Type: Review

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