Amino Acid-Derived Bifunctional Phosphines for Enantioselective Transformations

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1369-1378

  Wang, Tianli ^a   Han, Xiaoyu ^b   Zhong, Fangrui ^c   Yao, Weijun ^a   Lu, Yixin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84979650381     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00163     Document Type: Article

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