Fluoro-organocatalysts: Conformer equivalents as a tool for mechanistic studies

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 6520-6523

  Sparr, Christof ^a   Gilmour, Ryan ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conformational analysis; Gauche effect; Organocatalysis; Organofluorine chemistry; Reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS; GAUCHE EFFECT; ORGANOCATALYSIS; ORGANOFLUORINE; REACTION MECHANISM;

CATALYSIS; FLUORINE; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS;

CONFORMATIONS;

EID: 77956552404     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201003734     Document Type: Article

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