Regioselectivity in the reductive bond cleavage of diarylalkylsulfonium salts: Variation with driving force and structure of sulfuranyl radical intermediates

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 10015-10022

  Kampmeier, Jack A ^a   Mansurul Hoque, A K M ^a   Saeva, Franklin D ^a   Wedegaertner, Donald K ^a   Thomsen, Pia ^b   Ullah, Saif ^b   Krake, Jacob ^b   Lund, Torben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL CLEAVAGE; ANTIBONDING; BOND CLEAVAGES; BOND DISSOCIATION ENERGIES; CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; DRIVING FORCES; ELECTRON REDUCING AGENTS; EXCITED SINGLET STATE; INDIRECT ELECTROLYSIS; ONE-ELECTRON REDUCTIONS; ORBITALS; PRODUCT RATIOS; REDUCTANTS; REDUCTIVE CLEAVAGE; REGIOSPECIFIC; SULFONIUM SALTS;

ALKYLATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; REDUCING AGENTS; REDUCTION; SALTS;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

ALKYL GROUP; AROMATIC COMPOUND; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; METHYL GROUP; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; RADICAL; REDUCING AGENT; STYRENE; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REDUCTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FREE RADICALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SALTS; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFIDES; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 67651233260     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja809918k     Document Type: Article

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