A concise summary of experimental facts about the Soai reaction

Chirality

Volumn 22, Issue 1 E, 2010, Pages

  Gehring, Timo ^a   Busch, Mark ^a   Schlageter, Martin ^a   Weingand, Daniel ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

asymmetric autocatalysis; chiral induction; dialkylzinc; ee amplification; reaction temperature; solvent effects; spontaneous symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AMINOALCOHOL; BENZALDEHYDE; SOLVENT;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENANTIOMER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOAI REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78349278412     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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