An enantioselective synthetic route toward second-generation light-driven rotary molecular motors

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 825-838

  Pijper, Thomas C ^a   Pijper, Dirk ^a   Pollard, Michael M ^a   Dumur, Frédéric ^a   Davey, Stephen G ^a   Meetsma, Auke ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENZYMATIC RESOLUTIONS; HYDRAZONES; METHOXY; MOLECULAR MOTORS; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; ROTARY CYCLE; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; STEREOGENIC CENTERS; SYNTHETIC ROUTES; THERMAL ISOMERIZATIONS; THIOKETONE;

HYDRAZINE; KETONES; LINEAR MOTORS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MOTORS;

AMINO ACID; HYDRAZINE; HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE; KETONE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; THIOKETONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ISOMERIZATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RACEMIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 75749092979     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo902348u     Document Type: Article

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