Origins of stereoselectivity in Diels-Alder cycloadditions catalyzed by chiral imidazolidinones
Origins of stereoselectivity in Diels-Alder cycloadditions catalyzed by chiral imidazolidinones
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DOI:
10.1021/ja0525859
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发表时间:
2006-03-22
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
Houk, KN
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作者:
Gordillo, R;Houk, KN
B3LYP/6-31 G(d) density functional theory has been used to study Diels-Alder reactions of cyclopentadiene with alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones organocatalyzed by MacMillan's chiral imidazolidinones. Preferred conformations of transition structures and reaction intermediates have been located. The dramatically different reactivities and enantioselectivities exhibited by two similar chiral imidazolidinones are rationalized.