Enamine versus oxazolidinone: What controls stereoselectivity in proline-catalyzed asymmetric aldol reactions?

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 6373-6377

  Sharma, Akhilesh K ^a   Sunoj, Raghavan B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction; Density functional calculations; Diastereoselectivity; Organocatalysis; Reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ALDOL REACTIONS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DIASTEREOSELECTIVITY; ORGANOCATALYSIS; REACTION MECHANISM;

CATALYSIS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS;

STEREOSELECTIVITY;

3-HYDROXYBUTANAL; ALDEHYDE; ALDOL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; ENAMINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALDEHYDES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; IMIDAZOLES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OXAZOLIDINONES; PROLINE; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77956054438     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201001588     Document Type: Article

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