Breaking symmetry with symmetry: Bifacial selectivity in the asymmetric cycloaddition of anthracene derivatives

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2932-2936

  Rodríguez Escrich, Carles ^a   Davis, Rebecca L ^a   Jiang, Hao ^a   Stiller, Julian ^a   Johansen, Tore K ^a   Jørgensen, Karl Anker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anthracene activation; asymmetric catalysis; density functional calculations; Diels Alder reaction; organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVES; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; DIELS-ALDER REACTION; ENAMINES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ORGANOCATALYSIS; TRANSITION STATE STRUCTURE;

CATALYSIS; CYCLOADDITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; REACTION KINETICS;

ANTHRACENE;

EID: 84874074493     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300142     Document Type: Article

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