References

The Houk–List transition states for organocatalytic mechanisms revisited

Published in Chem. Sci.
Authors Alan Armstrong, Roberto A. Boto, Paul Dingwall, Julia Contreras-García, Matt J. Harvey, Nicholas J. Mason, Henry S. Rzepa

The ten year old Houk–List model for rationalising the origin of stereoselectivity in the organocatalysed intermolecular aldol addition is revisited, using a variety of computational techniques that have been introduced or improved since the original study.