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SUBMITTER: Chen S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6467781 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Shuming S Chan Amy Y AY Walker Morgan M MM Ellman Jonathan A JA Houk K N KN
The Journal of organic chemistry 20181219 1
The origins of π-facial selectivities in the borohydride reduction of endocyclic iminium ions have been elucidated by density functional theory calculations. In reductions of conjugated ("thermodynamic") iminium ions, the π-facial preference of the hydride attack was found to be due to torsional steering. Attack at the favored π-face leads to a lower-energy "half-chair"-like conformation of the tetrahydropyridine product, whereas attack at the other π-face results in an unfavorable "twist-boat" ...[more]