Oxyanion steering and CH-π interactions as key elements in an N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed [4 + 2] cycloaddition

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 12098-12103

  Allen, Scott E ^a   Mahatthananchai, Jessada ^b   Bode, Jeffrey W ^b   Kozlowski, Marisa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

[4 + 2] CYCLOADDITION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DIASTEREO-SELECTIVITY; DIELS-ALDER REACTION; ENANTIO; ENOLATES; HETERO-DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS; HIGH SELECTIVITY; KEY ELEMENTS; N-HETEROCYCLIC; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; OXYANIONS; REACTION PATHWAYS;

CATALYSIS; OLEFINS; POSITIVE IONS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANION; CARBENE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; N HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CYCLOADDITION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; GEOMETRY;

ANIONS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; LACTONES; METHANE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXYGEN; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84864248195     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja302761d     Document Type: Article

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