Kinetic resolution of the racemic 2-hydroxyalkanoates using the enantioselective mixed-anhydride method with pivalic anhydride and a chiral acyl-transfer catalyst

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-172

  Shiina, Isamu ^a   Nakata, Kenya ^a   Ono, Keisuke ^a   Sugimoto, Masuhiro ^a   Sekiguchi, Akihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anhydrides; Chirality; Density functional calculations; Enantioselectivity; Kinetic resolution

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE; COUPLING REAGENTS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DFT CALCULATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; KINETIC RESOLUTION; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; PIVALIC ANHYDRIDE; RACEMIC MIXTURES; RACEMIC SECONDARY ALCOHOLS; SEC-PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TRANSITION STATE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHIRALITY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENANTIOMERS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACIDS;

ACID ANHYDRIDE; ALKANE; PIVALIC ANHYDRIDE; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALKANES; ANHYDRIDES; CATALYSIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PENTANOIC ACIDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 73949104105     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902257     Document Type: Article

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