Enantioselective Transition Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogenation for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Amines

✍ Scribed by Dr. Carsten Bolm

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 249 KB
• Volume: 32
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.199302321

✦ Synopsis

The intention of this short report was to show the advance of theory through a b initio calculations in the field of nitrogen rings. Although the calculated molecular properties can still be extended and refined, already a quite clear picture emerges. Nitrogen rings, and in particular nitrogen cages, are extremely energy-rich and kinetically labile systems. In comparison with the results of theoretical studies, the yield of the experimental investigations is as yet small. N3H3 and N, were unintentional successes. Well-targeted photochemical studies under matrix conditions will probably still expose several surprises.