Chemoselectivity in asymmetric aminocatalysis

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Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 621-623

  Marigo, Mauro ^b   Melchiorre, Paolo ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Cascade reaction; Chemoselectivity; Organocatalysis; Water solubility

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651492461     PISSN: 18673880     EISSN: 18673899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201000110     Document Type: Article

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