Transition-state geometry measurements from13C isotope effects. the experimental transition state for the epoxidation of alkenes with oxaziridines

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2397-2403

  Hirschi, Jennifer S ^a   Takeya, Tetsuya ^a   Hang, Chao ^a   Singleton, Daniel A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BASIS OF CALCULATION; EPOXIDATION OF ALKENES; INTER-ATOMIC DISTANCES; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS; NON-STATIONARY POINTS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TRANSITION STATE GEOMETRY; TRANSITION STRUCTURES;

ISOTOPES;

ALKENE; CARBON 13; OXAZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; EPOXIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EPOXIDATION; GEOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALKENES; AZIRIDINES; CARBON ISOTOPES; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 67749101413     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8088636     Document Type: Article

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