Empirical description of chiral autocatalysis.
The only known example of chiral autocatalysis is the alkylation of N-heterocyclic aldehydes with iPr(2)Zn (Soai reaction). The mechanism and some details of this reaction are not yet clear. An empirical formula is proposed here for the description of this chiral autocatalytic reaction. This formula allows the calculation of some very informative parameters.
Micskei
Karoly
K
Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Debrecen, 4010 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, P.O. Box 21, Hungary. kmicskei@delfin.unideb.hu
Póta
György
G
Caglioti
Luciano
L
Palyi
Gyula
G