Isotope effects and the nature of enantioselectivity in the Shi epoxidation. The importance of asynchronicity

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6679-6685

  Singleton, Daniel A ^a   Wang, Zhihong ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONFORMATIONS; FRUCTOSE; ISOTOPES; KETONES; OLEFINS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ΒMETHYLSTYRENE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; SHI EPOXIDATION;

REACTION KINETICS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; BETA METHYLSTYRENE; FRUCTOSE; ISOTOPE; KETONE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONFORMATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; EPOXIDATION; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FRUCTOSE; KETONES; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; STYRENES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 18644376192     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0435788     Document Type: Article

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