Can we measure catalyst efficiency in asymmetric chemical reactions? A theoretical approach

• Shaimaa El-Fayyoumy,
• Matthew H. Todd and
• Christopher J. Richards

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 67, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.67

• industrial uses perhaps because of issues of safety, but these are difficult to quantify for our purposes. Nevertheless ACE combines the key parameters describing the practical usefulness of a catalyst for a laboratory not involved in bulk manufacture. While it is our aim to define a simple formula allowing