Gas-phase formation of the Gomberg-Bachmann magnesium ketyl

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 9118-9121

  Thum, Charlene C L ^a,b   Khairallah, George N ^a,b   O'Hair, Richard A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; Ion molecule reactions; Ketyl radicals; Radical anions; Set mechanism

Indexed keywords

IONS; KETONES; LIGHT METALS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NEGATIVE IONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DFT CALCULATIONS; GAS PHASE; KETYL RADICALS; MAGNESIUM ENOLATE; PHASE FORMATIONS; RADICAL ANIONS; SET MECHANISM; SINGLY OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

MAGNESIUM;

KETONE; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

GASES; KETONES; MAGNESIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 56249106145     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803463     Document Type: Article

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