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Cover Picture: Catalytic Enantioselective Intermolecular Desymmetrization of 3‐Substituted Oxetanes (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 26/2013)
Author(s) -
Wang Zhaobin,
Chen Zhilong,
Sun Jianwei
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201304412
Subject(s) - desymmetrization , enantioselective synthesis , phosphoric acid , intermolecular force , catalysis , nucleophile , ring (chemistry) , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , molecule
Different chiral building blocks can be obtained through an enantioselective ring‐opening reaction of prochiral 3‐substituted oxetanes, as described by J. Sun and co‐workers in their Communication on page 6685 ff. The proper choice of the chiral phosphoric acid catalyst and the nucleophile resembles the right choice of a good cook and the raw materials required for a variety of delicious meals.