Parts-per-million level loading organocatalysed enantioselective silylation of alcohols

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Park, Sang Yeon ^a   Lee, Ji Woong ^a   Song, Choong Eui ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHER; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ALCOHOL; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESILYLATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGEN BOND; SILYLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TURNOVER NUMBER;

EID: 84935008048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8512     Document Type: Article

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