Janus Face of the Steric Effect in a Lewis Acid Catalyst with Size-Exclusion Design: Steric Repulsion and Steric Attraction in the Catalytic Exo-Selective Diels–Alder Reaction

Autor: Mária Bakos, Dániel Fegyverneki, Zoltán Dobi, Israel Fernández, Ádám Gyömöre, Tibor Soós
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6:10869-10875
ISSN: 2168-0485
Popis: An exo-selective catalytic Diels–Alder reaction was developed using a Lewis acid catalyst with size-exclusion structural design. Exploiting the steric effect, especially the steric attraction, the Lewis acid catalyst was able to reroute the reaction along a higher-energy pathway. The experimental findings were also supported by theoretical calculations. This catalyst development allows an easy and practical access to highly complex and pharmaceutically relevant compounds.
Databáze: OpenAIRE