Water-compatible hydrogen-bond activation: a scalable and organocatalytic model for the stereoselective multicomponent aza-Henry reaction.

We thank the Spanish MICINN (FEDER) for financial support (CTQ2011-28417-C02-02) and CSIC for a JAE-PRE grant (F. C.-A.).

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