Abstract
Detailed kinetic and computational investigation of the enantio- and diastereoselective allylation of aldehydes 1 with allyltrichlorosilanes 5, employing the pyridine N-oxides METHOX (9) and QUINOX (10) as chiral organocatalysts, indicate that the reaction can proceed through a dissociative (cationic) or associative (neutral) mechanism: METHOX apparently favors a pentacoordinate cationic transition state, while the less sterically demanding QUINOX is likely to operate via a hexacoordinate neutral complex. In both pathways, only one molecule of the catalyst is involved in the rate- and selectivity-determining step, which is supported by both experimental and computational data.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9167-9185 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Chemistry: a European Journal |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 28 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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