DFT study of the mechanisms of in water Au(I)-catalyzed tandem [3,3]-rearrangement/Nazarov reaction/[1,2]-hydrogen shift of enynyl acetates: A proton-transport catalysis strategy in the water-catalyzed [1,2]-hydrogen shift

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 50, 2007, Pages 15503-15512

  Shi, Fu Qiang ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Xia, Yuanzhi ^a   Zhang, Liming ^b   Yu, Zhi Xiang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROGEN BONDS; PROTON TRANSFER;

ACETOXY GROUP; ELECTROCYCLIC RING-CLOSURE REACTION; ENYNYL ACETATES; HYDROGEN SHIFT;

REACTION KINETICS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CATION; GOLD DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NAZAROV REACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING CLOSING METATHESIS;

EID: 37849051960     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja071070+     Document Type: Article

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