Structural and energetics aspects of a proposed mechanism for the phosphate-mediated Pictet-Spengler cyclization reaction: A computational study

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1082, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Parra, Ruben D ^a   Maresh, Justin ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DFT and ab initio; Pictet Spengler; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959338423     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2016.02.014     Document Type: Article

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