Highly enantioselective one-pot copper-catalyzed 1,4 addition/ organocatalyzed α-substitution of enals

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 352, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1856-1860

  Quintard, Adrien ^a   Alexakis, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Copper; Enals; Enantioselectivity; Michael addition; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956370718     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000309     Document Type: Article

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