Synchronous or asynchronous? An 'experimental' transition state from a direct comparison of experimental and theoretical kinetic isotope effects for a Diels-Alder reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 41, 1996, Pages 9984-9985

  Beno, Brett R ^a   Houk, K N ^a   Singleton, Daniel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENE;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029917440     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9615278     Document Type: Article

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