Visible-light excitation of iminium ions enables the enantioselective catalytic β-alkylation of enals

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 868-873

  Silvi, Mattia ^a   Verrier, Charlie ^a   Rey, Yannick P ^a   Buzzetti, Luca ^a   Melchiorre, Paolo ^a,b  

^a BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

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EID: 85028353935     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2748     Document Type: Article

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