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Robert R Knowles1, Song Lin, Eric N Jacobsen.
Abstract
A new thiourea catalyst is reported for the enantioselective cationic polycyclization of hydroxylactams. Both the yield and enantioselectivity of this transformation were found to vary strongly with the identity of a single aromatic residue on a common catalyst framework, with more expansive and polarizable arenes proving optimal. Evidence is presented for a mechanism in which stabilizing cation-pi interactions are a principal determinant of enantioselectivity.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20369901 PMCID: PMC2989498 DOI: 10.1021/ja101256v
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419