Role of the isopropyl group in asymmetric autocatalytic zinc alkylations.
The amplifying asymmetric autocatalysis discovered by Soai and co-workers is dependent on the unique steric properties of the isopropyl group.
Klankermayer
Jürgen
J
Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC), RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany. jKlankermayer@itmc.rwth-aachen.de
Gridnev
Ilya D
ID
Brown
John M
JM