Kinetic and thermodynamic acidities of substituted 1-benzyl-1-methoxy-2-nitroethylenes. Strong reduction of the transition state imbalance compared to other nitroalkanes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-157

  Bernasconi, Claude F ^a   Ali, Mahammad ^a,b   Gunter, Janette C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DATA REDUCTION; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; REDUCTION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

REVERSIBLE DEPROTONATION;

BENZENE;

ACID; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBENOID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; MORPHOLINE; NITROALKANE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NITROMETHANE; PIPERAZINE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037425555     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0211398     Document Type: Article

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