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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lam YH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4105079 | biostudies-other | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20140626 27
The origin of selectivity in the α-fluorination of cyclic ketones catalyzed by cinchona alkaloid-derived primary amines is determined with density functional calculations. The chair preference of a seven-membered ring at the fluorine transfer transition state is key in determining the sense and level of enantiofacial selectivity. ...[more]