Basicity of nucleophilic carbenes in aqueous and nonaqueous solvents - Theoretical predictions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 28, 2004, Pages 8717-8724

  Magill, Alison M ^a   Cavell, Kingsley J ^b   Yates, Brian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ALCOHOLS; ALKALINITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; WATER;

CARBENES; NUCLEOPHILES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

3 METHYLTHIAZOL 2 YLIDENE; ACETONITRILE; BIS(DIMETHYLAMINO)CARBENE; CARBENOID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; PKA; PREDICTION; SOLVATION; THEORY;

EID: 3242741731     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja038973x     Document Type: Article

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