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SUBMITTER: Fuerst DE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3166885 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20050601 25
The new chiral amino thiourea catalyst 3d promotes the highly enantioselective cyanosilylation of a wide variety of ketones. The hindered tertiary amine substituent plays a crucial role with regard to both stereoinduction and reactivity, suggesting a cooperative mechanism involving electrophile activation by thiourea and nucleophile activation by the amine. ...[more]