A mechanistic rationalization of unusual kinetic behavior in proline-mediated C–O and C–N bond-forming reactions

Suju Mathew, Hiroshi Iwamura, David H. Wells, Alan Armstrong, Donna G. Blackmond

Chemical Communications · 2006 · 44 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Kinetic evidence supports the role of the reaction product in the catalytic cycle of proline-mediated alpha-aminoxylation and alpha-amination reactions, providing both design principles as well as a model for the evolution of efficiency in catalysis.

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