Computational investigations on the general reaction profile and diastereoselectivity in sulfur ylide promoted aziridination

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4805-4815

  Janardanan, Deepa ^a   Sunoj, Raghavan B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Aziridination; Density functional calculations; Diastereoselectivity; Reaction mechanisms; Ylides

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENTS; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

AZIRIDINATION REACTIONS; CONTINUUM SOLVATION MODEL; SOLVENT EFFECTS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AZIRIDINE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; STEREOISOMERISM;

AZIRIDINES; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34250379232     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200700303     Document Type: Article

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