Density Functional Study on the Mechanism of Bicyclic Guanidine-Catalyzed Strecker Reaction

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 8786-8789

  Li, Jing ^a   Jiang, Wan Yi ^a   Han, Ke Li ^a   He, Guo Zhong ^a   Li, Can ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRECKER REACTIONS;

CATALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

AMINO ACIDS;

ALPHA AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID; AMINOACETONITRILE; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; UREA DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRECKER REACTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINOACETONITRILE; CATALYSIS; GUANIDINE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 0242409172     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo034891f     Document Type: Article

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