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Theoretical Explorations of Enantioselective Alkylation Reactions of Pyrroles and Indoles Organocatalyzed by Chiral Imidazolidinones

✍ Scribed by Ruth Gordillo; Jennifer Carter; K. N. Houk


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
482 KB
Volume
346
Category
Article
ISSN
1615-4150

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Abstract

The transition structures for MacMillan's alkylations of N‐methylpyrrole by aldehydes catalyzed by chiral amine salts were explored with B3LYP/6‐31G(d) density functional theory. These results provide an explanation of the enantioselectivities observed with these two catalysts.


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