Conformationally stabilized catalysts by fluorine insertion: Tool for enantioselectivity improvement

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 48, 2011, Pages 13433-13437

  Quintard, Adrien ^a   Langlois, Jean Baptiste ^a   Emery, Daniel ^a   Mareda, Jiri ^a   Guénée, Laure ^a   Alexakis, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

asymmetric synthesis; conformational organocatalysis; density functional calculations; fluorine; organocatalysts

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CATALYST DESIGNS; CATALYTIC SYSTEM; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; ORGANOCATALYSTS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FLUORINE; REACTION KINETICS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 81755187358     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102757     Document Type: Article

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