The Roles of Counterion and Water in a Stereoselective Cysteine‐Catalyzed Rauhut–Currier Reaction: A Challenge for Computational Chemistry
Osuna S, Dermenci A, Miller SJ, Houk KN. The Roles of Counterion and Water in a Stereoselective Cysteine‐Catalyzed Rauhut–Currier Reaction: A Challenge for Computational Chemistry. Chemistry - A European Journal 2013, 19: 14245-14253. PMID: 24038400, PMCID: PMC3918516, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300745.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRauhut-Currier reactionCysteine derivativesComplete reaction pathwayRole of counterionsPresence of counterionsRate-determining eliminationMichael addition productsDensity functional theoryComputational chemistryExplicit water solvationWater solvationPotassium counterionsReaction conditionsReaction pathwaysAddition productsEnantiomer pairsThiol catalystCatalyst eliminationPossible stereoisomersCurrier ReactionFunctional theoryCounterionsNucleophilesReactionDerivatives