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Synfacts 2010(5): 0591-0591  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219745
Organo- and Biocatalysis
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Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Halo Carboxylic Acids from α,α-Dihalo Aldehydes

Contributor(s):Benjamin List, Ilija Čorić
H. U. Vora, T. Rovis*
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydration: Direct Synthesis of α-Protio and α-Deuterio α-Chloro and α-Fluoro Carboxylic Acids
J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2010,  132:  2860-2861