Metal triflates: Efficient catalysts for oxa-pictet-spengler reaction

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 420-423

  Bouguerne, Benaissa ^a,b   Lherbet, Christian ^a,b   Baltas, Michel ^a,b  

^a Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Catalysis.; Metal triflate; Oxa Pictet Spengler

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650397204     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017810791824883     Document Type: Article

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