title: Deciphering the origin of cooperative catalysis by dirhodium acetate and chiral spiro phosphoric acid in an asymmetric amination reaction.
abstract: The mechanism of asymmetric amination of diazo-acetate by tert-butyl carbamate catalyzed by dirhodium tetra(trifluoro)acetate and chiral SPINOL-phosphoric acid is examined using DFT (M06 and B3LYP) computations. A cooperative participation of both catalysts is noticed in the stereo-controlling transition state of the reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India. sunoj@chem.iitb.ac.in.
authors.forename: Hemanta K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kisan
authors.forename: Raghavan B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Sunoj