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Density functional theory study of the Cinchona thiourea-catalyzed Henry reaction: Mechanism and enantioselectivity
Hammar, Peter,Marcelli, Tommaso,Hiemstra, Henk,Himo, Fahmi
, p. 2537 - 2548 (2007)
We report a density functional theory investigation of the enantioselective Cinchona thiourea-catalyzed Henry reaction of aromatic aldehydes with nitromethane. We show that two pathways (differing in the binding modes of the reactants to the catalyst) are
