Asymmetric organocatalytic benzylation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes with toluenes

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 24, 2013, Pages 5262-5265

  Dell'Amico, Luca ^a   Companyõ, Xavier ^a   Naicker, Tricia ^a   Bräuer, Thomas M ^a   Jørgensen, Karl Anker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Benzylation; Enantioselectivity; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881668133     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300899     Document Type: Article

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