A simple model for chiral amplification in the aminoalcohol-catalyzed reaction of aldehydes with dialkylzinc

A simple explanation is offered for the recently discovered chiral amplification in the alkylation reaction of benzaldehyde by means of dialkylzinc, catalyzed by (dimethylamino)isoborneol. The model presentd is similar to, yet somewhat simpler than, the model put forward by Noyori et al.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: IVAN GUTMAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Chemical Society 1999-08-01
Series:Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.shd.org.yu/HtDocs/SHD/Vol64/No7-Pdf/V64-no7&8-3.zip
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Summary:A simple explanation is offered for the recently discovered chiral amplification in the alkylation reaction of benzaldehyde by means of dialkylzinc, catalyzed by (dimethylamino)isoborneol. The model presentd is similar to, yet somewhat simpler than, the model put forward by Noyori et al.
ISSN:0352-5139