Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
Transferable skills: Enantiomerically pure isothioureas promote the O- to C-carboxyl group transfer of oxazolyl carbonates with excellent levels of enantiocontrol (see scheme). The origin of the enantioselectivity of this process was probed mechanistically and rationalized computationally.
Joannesse et al. (Thu,) studied this question.