Photoswitchable organocatalysis: Using light to modulate the catalytic activities of N-heterocyclic carbenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 12693-12699

  Neilson, Bethany M ^a   Bielawski, Christopher W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ALCOHOLS; AMBIENT LIGHT; BASIC CONDITIONS; ETHYL ACETATES; IMIDAZOLIUM; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; ORGANOCATALYSIS; PHOTO MODULATION; PHOTO-SWITCHABLE; PHOTOCYCLIZATION; PRECATALYSTS; SLOW STATE; TO EFFECT; TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION; TRANSESTERIFICATIONS; UV IRRADIATION; VINYL ACETATES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS; SLOW LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

4,5 DITHIENYLIMIDAZOLIUM SALT; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALLYL ALCOHOL; CARBENE; ETHANOLAMINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; N HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL ACETATE;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ELECTROCYCLIC ISOMERIZATION; ELECTRONICS; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIZATION; PHOTOSWITCHABLE ORGANOCATALYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84864481193     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja304067k     Document Type: Article

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