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SUBMITTER: Kennedy CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5380606 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20161011 41
We describe the rational design of a linked, bis-thiourea catalyst with enhanced activity relative to monomeric analogues in a representative enantioselective anion-abstraction reaction. Mechanistic insights guide development of this linking strategy to favor substrate activation though the intramolecular cooperation of two thiourea subunits while avoiding nonproductive aggregation. The resulting catalyst platform overcomes many of the practical limitations that have plagued hydrogen-bond-donor ...[more]