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SUBMITTER: DiRocco DA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2747345 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20090801 31
The catalytic asymmetric intermolecular Stetter reaction of heterocyclic aldehydes and nitroalkenes has been developed. We have identified a strong stereoelectronic effect on catalyst structure when a fluorine substituent is placed in the backbone. X-ray structure analysis provides evidence that hyperconjugative effects are responsible for a change in conformation in the azolium precatalyst. This new N-heterocyclic carbene precursor bearing fluorine substitution in the backbone results in signif ...[more]