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SUBMITTER: Levi SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6320501 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Levi Samuel M SM Li Qiuhan Q Rötheli Andreas R AR Jacobsen Eric N EN
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20181217 1
Glycosyl phosphates are shown to be activated to stereospecific nucleophilic substitution reactions by precisely tailored bis-thiourea catalysts. Enhanced reactivity and scope is observed with phosphate relative to chloride leaving groups. Stronger binding (K<sub>m</sub>) to the H-bond donor and enhanced reactivity of the complex (k<sub>cat</sub>) enables efficient catalysis with broad functional group compatibility under mild, neutral conditions. ...[more]