Organoselenium compounds as catalysts in nature and laboratory

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2442-2462

  Santi, Claudio ^a   Santoro, Stefano ^a   Battistelli, Benedetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Catalysis; Organocatalysis; Selenium; Selenoenzyme

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649931871     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527210793358231     Document Type: Article

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