title: Chiral silanediols in anion-binding catalysis.
abstract: A perfect pair: Silanediols are effective catalysts for the addition of silyl ketene acetals to N-acylisoquinolinium ions. Importantly, this is the first example of a silanediol plausibly participating in anion-binding catalysis, a relatively new direction in the field of hydrogen-bond-donor catalysis. The chiral, enantiopure C2 -symmetric silanediol 1 catalyzes enantioselective transformations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210 (USA) http://mattson.group.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Schafer
authors.forename: Joshua M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wieting
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Anita E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Mattson
keywords: hydrogen bonds; ion pairs; organocatalysis; silicon; synthetic methods