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SUBMITTER: Farrar EHE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735727 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Farrar Elliot H E EHE Grayson Matthew N MN
The Journal of organic chemistry 20201123 23
The mechanism of the asymmetric BINOL-derived hydroxyl carboxylic acid catalyzed allylboration of benzaldehyde was investigated using density functional theory calculations. A new reaction model is proposed, and the roles of the two Brønsted acidic sites of the catalyst elucidated. Catalyst distortion was found to be a key factor in determining stereoselectivity. The flexibility of the hydroxyl carboxylic acid catalyst leads to significant differences in the mechanism and origins of selectivity ...[more]