Computational elucidation of the origins of reactivity and selectivity in non-aldol aldol rearrangements of cyclic epoxides

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3238-3241

  Wang, Hao ^a   Houk, K N ^a   Allen, Damian A ^a   Jung, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYBUTANAL; ALDEHYDE; ALDOL; EPOXIDE; KETONE; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALDEHYDES; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; KETONES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SILANES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79958840723     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol2011488     Document Type: Article

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