2024
Enantioselective Sulfonimidamide Acylation via a Cinchona Alkaloid-Catalyzed Desymmetrization: Scope, Data Science, and Mechanistic Investigation
Haas B, Lim N, Jermaks J, Gaster E, Guo M, Malig T, Werth J, Zhang H, Toste F, Gosselin F, Miller S, Sigman M. Enantioselective Sulfonimidamide Acylation via a Cinchona Alkaloid-Catalyzed Desymmetrization: Scope, Data Science, and Mechanistic Investigation. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2024, 146: 8536-8546. PMID: 38480482, PMCID: PMC10990064, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDensity functional theoryStructure-activity relationshipBis-acylationExcellent yieldsAsymmetric acylationTetrahedral intermediateSynthetic chemistryFunctional theoryMechanistic investigationsReaction kineticsMechanistic studiesSulfonimidamidesDesymmetrizationEnantioselectivityStructural studiesCatalystAcylPharmacophoreCinchonaIntermediateReactionChemistryKineticsYield
2013
The Roles of Counterion and Water in a Stereoselective Cysteine‐Catalyzed Rauhut–Currier Reaction: A Challenge for Computational Chemistry
Osuna S, Dermenci A, Miller SJ, Houk KN. The Roles of Counterion and Water in a Stereoselective Cysteine‐Catalyzed Rauhut–Currier Reaction: A Challenge for Computational Chemistry. Chemistry - A European Journal 2013, 19: 14245-14253. PMID: 24038400, PMCID: PMC3918516, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300745.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRauhut-Currier reactionCysteine derivativesComplete reaction pathwayRole of counterionsPresence of counterionsRate-determining eliminationMichael addition productsDensity functional theoryComputational chemistryExplicit water solvationWater solvationPotassium counterionsReaction conditionsReaction pathwaysAddition productsEnantiomer pairsThiol catalystCatalyst eliminationPossible stereoisomersCurrier ReactionFunctional theoryCounterionsNucleophilesReactionDerivatives