The role of attractive dispersion interaction in promoting the catalytic activity of asymmetric hydrogenation
Limin Yang, Bo Li, K. N. Houk
Abstract
This study proves Wanbin Zhang's finding that weak attractive interactions between substrate and ligand play an important role in metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenations and shows that the dispersion interaction is the major attractive interaction.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryZhàngCatalysisDispersion (optics)Substrate (aquarium)Ligand (biochemistry)Chemical physicsOrganic chemistryBiochemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsReceptorPolitical scienceChinaOceanographyLawGeologyAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisSurface Chemistry and CatalysisCrystallography and molecular interactions