A new series of organocatalysts for Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions and theoretical analysis

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3514-3522

  Casoni, Alessandro ^a   Borsini, Elena ^a   Contini, Alessandro ^a   Ruffoni, Alessandro ^a   Pellegrino, Sara ^a   Clerici, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational studies; Cycloadditions; Diastereoselectivity; Enantioselectivity; Imidazolidin 4 ones; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ISOMERS; SCAFFOLDS;

CATALYSE; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; CYCLOADDITIONS; DIASTEREOSELECTIVITIES; DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITIONS; IMIDAZOLIDIN; IMIDAZOLIDIN-4-ONE; ORGANOCATALYSIS; ORGANOCATALYSTS;

CYCLOADDITION;

EID: 80053466502     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211797374788     Document Type: Article

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