Enantioselective synthesis of anti -β-hydroxy-α-amido esters via transfer hydrogenation

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5274-5277

  Seashore Ludlow, Brinton ^a   Villo, Piret ^a,b   Häcker, Christine ^a   Somfai, Peter ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ESTER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; HYDROGENATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; ESTERS; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 78449267573     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol102323k     Document Type: Article

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