The aldehyde is arguably the most versatile carbonyl functionality. Furthermore, it is more active than any other carbonyl functionality toward a plethora of nucleophilic reactions. This unique combination of functional versatility and activity renders chiral aldehydes highly valuable intermediates
Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Aldehydes by Conjugate Additions with Bifunctional Organocatalysis by Cinchona Alkaloids.
β Scribed by Fanghui Wu; Ran Hong; Jihan Khan; Xiaofeng Liu; Li Deng
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-7597
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