Filling gaps in asymmetric hydrogenation methods for acyclic stereocontrol: Application to chirons for polyketide-derived natural products

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1623-1636

  Zhu, Ye ^a   Burgess, Kevin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867545276     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar200145q     Document Type: Article

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