Size is Important: Artificial Catalyst Mimics Behavior of Natural Enzymes

Summary: Heavily substituted (R)-DTBM-SegPHOS is active in the asymmetric Pd(II)-catalyzed hydrogenation or C−O bond cleavage of α-pivaloyloxy-1-(2-furyl)ethanone, whereas (R)-SegPHOS fails to catalyze either of these transformations. An extensive network of C−H ··· H−C interactions provided by the ...

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Main Authors: Jianzhong Chen, Ilya D. Gridnev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220301449