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Oxidative Enamine Catalysis: Direct Catalytic Enantioselective β-Functionalization of Aldehydes
Article first published online: 14 MAR 2012
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201100488
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Xiao, J. (2012), Oxidative Enamine Catalysis: Direct Catalytic Enantioselective β-Functionalization of Aldehydes. ChemCatChem, 4: 612–615. doi: 10.1002/cctc.201100488
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- Issue published online: 24 APR 2012
- Article first published online: 14 MAR 2012
- Manuscript Received: 19 DEC 2011
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Number: 21102142
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Keywords:
- aldehydes;
- enamine;
- enantioselective;
- organocatalysis;
- oxidation

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