Kinetic and computational analysis of the palladium(II)-catalyzed asymmetric allylic trichloroacetimidate rearrangement: Development of a model for enantioselectivity

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5031-5044

  Watson, Mary P ^a   Overman, Larry E ^a   Bergman, Robert G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ALLYLIC ALCOHOLS; ALLYLIC AMINES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CATALYSTS;

CATALYSTS;

ALLYL ALCOHOL; AMINE; CARBON; NITROGEN; PALLADIUM; TRICHLOROACETIMIDIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; KINETICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PALLADIUM; STEREOISOMERISM; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

EID: 34247531301     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0676962     Document Type: Article

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