Transition state imbalances in gas phase proton transfers. Ab initio study of the carbon-to-carbon proton transfer from the protonated acetaldehyde cation to acetaldehyde enol

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 43, 1996, Pages 10494-10504

  Bernasconi, Claude F ^a   Wenzel, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTON TRANSPORT; THEORY;

EID: 0029848535     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja960233j     Document Type: Article

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