Chiral thiourea-based bifunctional organocatalysts in the asymmetric nitro-Michael addition: A joint experimental-theoretical study

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 348, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 826-832

  Yalalov, Denis A ^a   Tsogoeva, Svetlana B ^a   Schmatz, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Bifunctional organocatalysts; DFT calculations; Michael addition; Transition states

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744782039     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200505443     Document Type: Article

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