Unexpectedly small ortho-oxygen substituent effects on stabilities of benzylic carbocations

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 9982-9992

  Fujio, M ^c   Keeffe, J R ^b   More O'Ferrall, R A ^a   O'Donoghue, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARBOCATION; KINETIC EFFECTS; TRANSITION STATE;

ALCOHOLS;

BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; CATION;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 4043066337     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja030446q     Document Type: Article

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