Regioselective bond cleavage in the dissociative electron transfer to benzyl thiocyanates: The role of radical/ion pair formation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 6595-6604

  Hamed, Emad M ^a   Doai, Hanh ^a   McLaughlin, Christopher K ^a   Houmam, Abdelaziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; IONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEGATIVE IONS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

BENZYL THIOCYANATES; CLEAVAGE MECHANISM; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ION PAIR FORMATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

BENZYL THIOCYANATE; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POTENTIOMETRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33646816752     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja056730u     Document Type: Article

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