Elucidating the significance of β-hydride elimination and the dynamic role of acid/base chemistry in a palladium-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 31, 2004, Pages 9724-9734

  Mueller, Jaime A ^a   Goller, Christopher P ^a   Sigman, Matthew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALCOHOLS; DECOMPOSITION; HYDRIDES; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

AEROBIC OXIDATION; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS (KIE); REPROTONATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

CATALYSIS;

1,3 BIS(2,6 DIISOPROPYLPHENYL)IMIDAZOL 2 YLIDENE; ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELIMINATION REACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTON TRANSPORT;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOLS; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALLADIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 3543113906     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja047794s     Document Type: Article

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