Chiral primary amine catalyzed asymmetric direct cross-aldol reaction of acetaldehyde

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3347-3352

  Hu, Shenshen ^a   Zhang, Long ^a   Li, Jiuyuan ^a   Luo, Sanzhong ^a   Cheng, Jin Pei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Aldol reactions; Amines; Asymmetric catalysis; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958725685     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201100267     Document Type: Article

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