Controlling selectivity for cycloadditions of nitrones and alkenes tethered by benzimidazoles: Combining experiment and theory

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1578-1584

  Meng, Oping ^a   Wang, Selina C ^a   Fettinger, James C ^a   Kurth, Mark J ^a   Tantill, Dean J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycloaddition; Nitrones; Quantum chemical calculations; Stereoselectivity; Substituent eff'ects; Transition states

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549098066     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200801211     Document Type: Article

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