Structure-selectivity relationships and structure for a peptide-based enantioselective acylation catalyst

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 6967-6971

  Fierman, Matthew B ^a   O'Leary, Daniel J ^b   Steinmetz, Wayne E ^b   Miller, Scott J ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUTIONS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ALANINE SCAN; BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSIS MECHANISMS; PARENT PEPTIDES; PEPTIDE CHAINS;

CATALYSTS;

ALANINE; PEPTIDE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACYLATION; CATALYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 3042721763     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja049661c     Document Type: Article

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