Improving asymmetric organocatalysts via supramolecular interactions

Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Companyó, Xavier ^a   Viciano, Mónica ^a   Rios, Ramon ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c International Association for Cereal Science and Technology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enantioselective catalysis; Hydrogen bond; Organocatalysis; Supramolecular interactions

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; KETONES; RATE CONSTANTS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

'CURRENT; ALDOL REACTIONS; EFFICIENT CATALYSTS; EMERGING TOOLS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CATALYSIS; ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; ORGANOCATALYSTS; SUPRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; ]+ CATALYST;

ORGANOCATALYST;

EID: 77949621592     PISSN: 1570193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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