- In stereochemistry,
prochiral molecules are
those that can be
converted from
achiral to
chiral in a
single step. An
achiral species which can be converted...
-
Desymmetrization is a
chemical reaction that
converts prochiral substrates into
chiral products.
Desymmetrisations are so
pervasive that they are rarely...
- than 100% purity,
typically 95% glycerol.
Although achiral,
glycerol is
prochiral with
respect to
reactions of one of the two
primary alcohols. Thus, in...
-
stereoselectivity of this
reaction was
further investigated through study of
prochiral methylene hydrogen discrimination. This is due to the
extra chiral center...
- (R)-enantiomer. However, one
should note that
adding a
chemical group to the
prochiral center from the Re-face will not
always lead to an (S)-stereocenter, as...
-
transfer it from below.
Since the C4
carbon that
accepts the
hydrogen is
prochiral, this can be
exploited in
enzyme kinetics to give
information about the...
-
which means that they can be used for the
enantioselective hydrolysis prochiral diesters.
Several procedures have been
reported for
applications in the...
-
transition state.
Chiral epoxides can
often be
derived enantioselectively from
prochiral alkenes. Many
metal complexes give
active catalysts, and the most important...
- Corey–Bakshi–Shibata (CBS) reduction, is a
chemical reaction in
which a
prochiral ketone is
enantioselectively reduced to
produce the
corresponding chiral...
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aldol condensations, oxidations, etc. It is the
simplest aldehyde with a
prochiral methylene such that α-functionalized
derivatives (CH3CH(X)CHO) are chiral...
