Lithiated Hydrocarbons, Their Conjugate Bases, and Corresponding Radicals: A Computational Study of RLi (R = CH3, CH3CH2, CH2=CH, and HC≡C)

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2123-2127

  Pratt, Lawrence M ^a   Kass, Steven R ^b  

^a FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; FREE RADICALS; GROUND STATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTIMIZATION;

DISSOCIATION ENERGIES;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

HYDROCARBON; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUND; RADICAL;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; LITHIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642361811     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo035432h     Document Type: Article

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