Catalytic enantioselective reactions driven by photoinduced electron transfer

Andreas Bauer, Felix Westkämper, Stefan Grimme and Thorsten Bach ()
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Andreas Bauer: Technische Universität München
Felix Westkämper: Technische Universität München
Stefan Grimme: Universität Münster, Organisch-Chemisches Institut
Thorsten Bach: Technische Universität München

Nature, 2005, vol. 436, issue 7054, 1139-1140

Abstract: Control your excitement Photoinduced electron transfer uses light absorption to generate molecules in excited electronic states susceptible to accepting or donating electrons. This can be a good way of synthesizing organic chemicals, but the involvement of excited states makes it hard to control the nature of the reaction products. By using an appropriately chosen organocatalyst, Bauer et al. show how such a reaction can be made to proceed in an enantioselective manner, yielding the desired product at high chiral purity.

Date: 2005
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