Syntheses and applications of (thio)urea-containing chiral quaternary ammonium salt catalysts

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 2014, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 802-809

  Novacek, Johanna ^a   Waser, Mario ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chirality; Enantioselectivity; Fluorination; Hydrogen bonds; Phase transfer catalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896732550     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201301594     Document Type: Article

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