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SUBMITTER: Tan JSJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6399675 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tan Jacqueline S J JSJ Paton Robert S RS
Chemical science 20181218 8
Atropisomeric biaryl systems are privileged architectures used in asymmetric synthesis and pharmaceutical structures. We report that by simply removing a single-electron, the resistance of biaryls towards racemization is reduced dramatically. Even though the steric properties are unaltered, biaryl oxidation changes atropisomerization into a two step mechanism with considerably smaller activation barriers than closed-shell biaryls. The effect is general for a series of biaryls and helicenes studi ...[more]