Exceptionally active yttrium-salen complexes for the catalyzed ring opening of epoxides by TMSCN and TMSN3

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8648-8655

  Saha, Biswajit ^a   Lin, Mei Huey ^a   RajanBabu, T V ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKOXIDE; CATALYST RATIOS; TUNABLE LIGAND SYSTEMS; YTTRIUM SALEN COMPLEXES;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CYANIDES; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGANDS; SOLVENTS;

YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

2 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXYCYCLOHEXANE 1 CARBONITRILE; 2 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXYCYCLOPENTANE 1 CARBONITRILE; CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; EPOXYCYCLOHEXANE; HALIDE; SAMARIUM; THIOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM SALEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIMERIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING OPENING; SOLVENT EFFECT;

CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS; YTTRIUM;

EID: 35948944461     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo071076h     Document Type: Article

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