Hydrogen bonding catalysis operates by charge stabilization in highly polar diels - Alder reactions

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 501-503

  Gordillo, Ruth ^a   Dudding, Travis ^b   Anderson, Christopher D ^a   Houk, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; METHANOL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; STEREOISOMERISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACROLEIN; ALCOHOLS; BENZALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; METHANOL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33847014542     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0629925     Document Type: Article

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