Highly diastereo- and enantioselective aldol reaction of methyl α-isocyanoacetate: A cooperative catalysis approach

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1306-1309

  Kim, Hun Young ^a   Oh, Kyungsoo ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952602444     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol103104y     Document Type: Article

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