Location
Student Center
Document Type
Poster
Start Date
19-8-2025 2:30 PM
End Date
19-8-2025 3:30 PM
Description
The Evans Aldol reaction can make a syn product with a boron, lithium, or titanium catalyst. The anti product is catalyzed by magnesium instead. Our goal is to understand the mechanism behind the formation of the anti product. We used WebMO to model what the lowest energy reaction pathways would be with a magnesium catalyst. We played with coordination to the magnesium and electron geometry to see if that would generate a low energy pathway that is likely to occur. We can use our information gathered to help determine the anti mechanism.
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Mechanistic Study of the Evan's anti-Aldol Reaction
Student Center
The Evans Aldol reaction can make a syn product with a boron, lithium, or titanium catalyst. The anti product is catalyzed by magnesium instead. Our goal is to understand the mechanism behind the formation of the anti product. We used WebMO to model what the lowest energy reaction pathways would be with a magnesium catalyst. We played with coordination to the magnesium and electron geometry to see if that would generate a low energy pathway that is likely to occur. We can use our information gathered to help determine the anti mechanism.