Linking structural dynamics and functional diversity in asymmetric catalysis

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3779-3784

  Nojiri, Akihiro ^a   Kumagai, Naoya ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CATALYSIS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL METALS;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ASYMMETRIC LIGANDS; CHEMICAL DEVICES; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CONFORMATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; EXTRACELLULAR; FUNCTIONAL CHANGES; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL MOLECULES; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS; RARE EARTH METALS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; VARIABLE COORDINATION;

CONFORMATIONS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 68949089085     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja900084k     Document Type: Article

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