1. ORGANOCATALYST PASSES CHIRALITY ALONG.
- Author
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A. Y.
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CATALYSTS , *ORGANIC synthesis , *ENANTIOSELECTIVE catalysis , *CHIRALITY , *CATIONS ,NAGOYA University (Nagoya, Japan) - Abstract
The article presents a study on an asymmetrical catalyst assembled from simple organic components leading to a strategy to find organocatalysts in Japan. Nagoya University researchers built the catalyst by the mixture of chiral tetraaminophosphonium cation, phenols and a phenoxide anion in solution. It is held together by weak hydrogen-bonding and ionic interactions. The extended chiral environment enables the catalyst to promote stereoselective conjugate addition of acyl anion equivalents.
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- 2009