Diels-alder exo selectivity in terminal-substituted dienes and dienophiles: Experimental discoveries and computational explanations

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1947-1957

  Lam, Yu Hong ^a   Cheong, Paul Ha Yeon ^b   Mata, José M Blasco ^a   Stanway, Steven J ^c   Gouverneur, Véronique ^a   Houk, K N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS MODELS; CHIRAL AUXILIARIES; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DIELS-ALDER; DIELS-ALDER REACTION; DIENOPHILE; DIENOPHILES; FACIAL SELECTIVITY; OXAZOLIDINONE; SUBSTITUTION PATTERNS; TRANSITION STRUCTURES; UNSATURATED KETONES;

KETONES; SILANES;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ALKADIENE; DIENOPHILE; KETONE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; SILYLOXYDIENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; POLYENE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; NONHUMAN; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CYCLIZATION; CYCLOHEXENES; KETONES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXAZOLIDINONES; POLYENES; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 67849083450     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8079548     Document Type: Article

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