Unexpected steric effects of "remote" alkyl groups on the rate of conjugate additions to alkyl α,β-ethylenic sulfones, sulfoxides, and esters

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2329-2334

  Usera, Aimee R ^a   Posner, Gary H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RATE CONSTANTS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALKYL GROUPS; MICHAEL ACCEPTORS;

ESTERS;

ALKYL GROUP; CARBON; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; SULFOXIDE;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATE; MICHAEL ADDITION; MOLECULAR MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALKYLATION; ESTERS; ETHYLENES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SULFONES; SULFOXIDES;

EID: 34047210881     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo062155g     Document Type: Article

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