Density functional theory study of the Cinchona thiourea-catalyzed Henry reaction: Mechanism and enantioselectivity

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 349, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 2537-2548

  Hammar, Peter ^a   Marcelli, Tommaso ^b   Hiemstra, Henk ^b   Himo, Fahmi ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cinchona alkaloids; Density functional theory; Enantioselectivity; Nitroaldol reaction; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349098707     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700367     Document Type: Article

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