Organocatalytic tail-to-tail dimerization of olefin: Umpolung of methyl methacrylate mediated by N-heterocyclic carbene

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3722-3725

  Matsuoka, Shin Ichi ^a   Ota, Yoshiya ^a   Washio, Atsushi ^a   Katada, Akiho ^a   Ichioka, Kenji ^a   Takagi, Koji ^a   Suzuki, Masato ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 79960165795     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol201380m     Document Type: Article

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