C3-symmetric chiral Trisimidazoline: Design and application to organocatalyst

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 964-966

  Murai, Kenichi ^a   Fukushima, Shunsuke ^a   Hayashi, Shoko ^a   Takahara, Yusuke ^a   Fujioka, Hiromichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ESTER; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALKENES; CATALYSIS; DRUG DESIGN; ESTERS; IMIDAZOLINES; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77749289247     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol902958m     Document Type: Article

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