Phosphine oxide-catalyzed enantioselective intramolecular aldol reaction via regioselective enolization of unsymmetrical diketones with tetrachlorosilane

Organic Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 4802-4805

  Kotani, Shunsuke ^a   Aoki, Shohei ^a   Sugiura, Masaharu ^a   Ogasawara, Masamichi ^b   Nakajima, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84922717348     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol502269w     Document Type: Article

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