title: Highly enantioselective benzoin condensation reactions involving a bifunctional protic pentafluorophenyl-substituted triazolium precatalyst.
abstract: Improved catalyst design by incorporating a hydrogen bond donating substituent to improve enantiocontrol together with an acidifying pentafluorophenyl substituent to enhance catalyst efficiency results in a triazolium ion precatalyst that promotes the asymmetric archetypal benzoin condensation with excellent efficiency and unprecedented enantioselectivity.
authors: Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
authors: Louise
authors: L
authors: Baragwanath
authors: Christopher A
authors: CA
authors: Rose
authors: Kirsten
authors: K
authors: Zeitler
authors: Stephen J
authors: SJ
authors: Connon