Are allylic hydrogens in catechins more abstractable than catecholic hydrogens?

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 943-944

  Zhang, Hong Yu ^a   Wang, Lan Fen ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CALCULATIONS; ENTHALPY; HYDROGEN BONDS;

ALLYLIC HYDROGENS; AUSTIN MODEL; BOND DISSOCIATION ENTHALPIES; CATECHINS; CATECHOLIC HYDROGENS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; PARAMETRIC METHOD; QUANTUM CHEMICAL METHODS;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 0036734685     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-002-0583-6     Document Type: Letter

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