Solution structure and reagent binding of the zinc alkoxide catalyst in the Soai asymmetric autocatalytic reaction

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 4884-4887

  Gridnev, Ilya D ^a   Serafimov, Jörg M ^a   Brown, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkylation; Autocatalysis; NMR spectroscopy; O ligands; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLUTIONS;

AUTOCATALYSIS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; REAGENT BINDING; SOLUTION STRUCTURE;

ZINC COMPOUNDS;

REAGENT; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DYNAMICS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 4744354453     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200353572     Document Type: Article

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