Isotope effects and mechanism of the asymmetric BOROX brønsted acid catalyzed aziridination reaction

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5142-5152

  Vetticatt, Mathew J ^a   Desai, Aman A ^a   Wulff, William D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES;

DIASTEREO-SELECTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL KINETICS; ISOTOPE EFFECT; RELATIVE ENERGIES; REVERSIBLE FORMATION; REVISED MODELING; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TRANSITION STRUCTURES;

CATALYSIS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AZIRIDINE; BRONSTED ACID; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; IMINE; ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; AZIRIDINATION REACTION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84879319418     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo302783d     Document Type: Article

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