Evidence of asymmetric autocatalysis in organocatalytic reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 393-396

  Mauksch, Michael ^a   Tsogoeva, Svetlana B ^a   Martynova, Irina M ^a   Wei, Shengwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric autocatalysis; Density functional calculations; Mannich reaction; Organocatalysis; Transition states

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN BONDS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SUBSTRATES;

ASYMMETRIC AUTOCATALYSIS; MANNICH REACTION; ORGANOCATALYSIS; TRANSITION STATES;

CATALYSIS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

CATALYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROLINE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33846529045     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603517     Document Type: Article

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