Using theory and experiment to discover catalysts for electrocyclizations

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-32

  Tantillo, Dean J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Cycloaddition; Density functional calculations; Lewis acids; Pericyclic reactions

Indexed keywords

ACIDS;

CATALYST DESIGNS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; FUTURE PROSPECTS; LEWIS ACIDS; PERICYCLIC REACTIONS;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 58249120683     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804908     Document Type: Short Survey

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