id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt df65v694x77 Joshua Mitchell Lee Computational Studies on the Mechanism and Stereochemistry of Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Aldol Condensations and Other Molecular Modeling Studies 2014 .txt text/plain 468 22 28 By combining insights about the transition state regarding preferred torsion angles, the preferred configuration of the stereocenter at the boron atom, and the preferred coordination geometry of the catalyst relative to the aldehyde, transition state conformational analysis is simplified. A model for diastereoselectivity in the Lewis acid-catalyzed Mukaiyama aldol reaction is presented based on computational scans of the Mukaiyama aldol reaction potential energy surface and optimized transition structures. cache/df65v694x77.txt txt/df65v694x77.txt