Water as dual functional cocatalyst: A theoretical study on the mechanism of direct aldol reaction on water catalyzed by a leucine derivative

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1742-1752

  Rao, Qin Quan ^a   Luo, Shi Wei ^a   Gong, Liu Zhu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction on water; Asymmetric catalysis; Enantioselectivity; Proton transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953910452     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3059-x     Document Type: Article

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