A transition state for the enantioselective deprotonation of N-Boc- pyrrolidine with isopropyllithium/(-)-sparteine

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2127-2129

  Wiberg, Kenneth B ^a   Bailey, William F ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Carbanions; Lithium; Transition states

Indexed keywords

ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUND; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; SPARTEINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; LIGAND BINDING; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 0034674249     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20000616)39:12<2127::AID-ANIE2127>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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