Photoswitchable catalysts: Correlating structure and conformational dynamics with reactivity by a combined Experimental and computational approach

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 357-367

  Stoll, Ragnar S ^a   Peters, Maike V ^a   Kuhn, Andreas ^a   Heiles, Sven ^b   Goddard, Richard ^c   Bühl, Michael ^d   Thiele, Christina M ^b   Hecht, Stefan ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; AZOBENZENE GROUP; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS; E-ISOMERS; GENERAL BASE CATALYSIS; HENRY REACTIONS; NITROALDOL; NMR SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTO MODULATION; PHOTO-SWITCHABLE; PHOTOCONTROL; PROTON AFFINITY; RESIDUAL DIPOLAR COUPLINGS; SOLID-STATE STRUCTURES; SYNTHETIC ROUTES; X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ISOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVE; BRONSTED BASE; PIPERIDINE; PROTON; STILBENE;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ISOMER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLID STATE; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 67849109510     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja807694s     Document Type: Article

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