A highly reactive and enantioselective bifunctional organocatalyst for the methanolytic desymmetrization of cyclic anhydrides: Prevention of catalyst aggregation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 41, 2008, Pages 7872-7875

  Oh, Sang Ho ^b   Rho, Ho Sik ^c   Lee, Ji Woong ^b   Lee, Je Eun ^b   Youk, Sung Hoon ^b   Chin, Jik ^a   Song, Choong Eui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c AmorePacific Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Bifunctional catalysts; Densityfunctional calculations; Desymmetrization; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749152753     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801636     Document Type: Article

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