Automatic chiral selection in a thermodynamically predisposed metathesis reaction.
[reaction: see text] Tryptophan-derived azoninoindole imines select partners of the same chirality for dimerization to helical macrocycles.
Mascal
Mark
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Department of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. mascal@chem.ucla.edu
Wood
Ian G
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Walsgrove
Timothy
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