Figure 3.
(A) (top) Proposed model of electric field–induced rate acceleration; (bottom) Computed electric field intensity along the reaction axis correlates with computed rates of olefination for para-substituted 4-phenylcyclohexanones. (B) Model reactions performed to study the effect of arylcyclohexanone substitution on ee. (C) Correlation between experimental enantioselectivities and the σmeta parameter for R. (D) One-pot competition experiments reveal faster rates in both the catalyzed and uncatalyzed reaction for the more enantioselective substrate.