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Dimethylaminopyridine/DMAP (Nucleophile magic)

Category: Synthesis
Posted on: July 23, 2008 12:22 AM, by Molecule of the Day

A lot of reactions with nucleophiles' rates are determined by how good a leaving group you have. For leaving group reasons and others, DMAP is a great organocatalyst:

I am a sucker for non-pharmaceutical chemicals with their own domains, so please enjoy dmapcatalyst.com.

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