Physical organic chemistry of transition metal carbene complexes. 25. Kinetic and thermodynamic acidities of substituted (methylthiophenylcarbene)pentacarbonyl tungsten(0) and (benzoxymethylcarbene)pentacarbonyl tungsten(0) in aqueous acetonitrile. Evidence for transition state imbalances

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 50, 2002, Pages 14968-14976

  Bernasconi, Claude F ^a   Ruddat, Viola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON TRANSFER; TRANSITION STATE IMBALANCE;

ACETONITRILE; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; AMINES;

TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

(BENZOXYMETHYLCARBENE)PENTACARBONYL TUNGSTEN; (METHYLTHIOPHENYLCARBENE)PENTACARBONYL TUNGSTEN; ACETONITRILE; AMINE; CARBENE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; KINETICS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PKA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037132593     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja020665w     Document Type: Article

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