Spontaneous transfer of chirality in an atropisomerically enriched two-axis system

Nature

Volumn 508, Issue 7498, 2014, Pages 71-75

  Barrett, Kimberly T ^a   Metrano, Anthony J ^a   Rablen, Paul R ^b   Miller, Scott J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATROPISOMER; BROMINATION; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; CIS ISOMER; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RACEMIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANS ISOMER; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; ROTATION; SYNTHESIS;

BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BROMINE; CARBON; DRUG;

BENZAMIDES; BROMINE; CARBON; CATALYSIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; ROTATION; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84899739140     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13189     Document Type: Article

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