Asymmetry in the N-inversion of heteroarene imines: Pyrimidin-4(3H)-imine, pyridin-2(1H)-imine, and 1H-purine-6(9H)-imine

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1132-1142

  Glaser, Rainer ^a   Yin, Jian ^a   Miller, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; CCSD; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; COUPLED-CLUSTER THEORY; DEFORMATION ENERGY; FREE ENTHALPY; IN-PLANE; MP2 LEVELS; N-INVERSION BARRIERS; PLESSET PERTURBATION THEORY; REACTION PATHS; SADDLE POINT; SECOND ORDERS; TRANSITION STATE;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENTHALPY; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; ISOMERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

1H PURIN 6(9H) IMINE; IMINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDIN 2(1H) IMINE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDIN 4(3H) IMINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; ENTHALPY; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMINES; ISOMERISM; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; QUANTUM THEORY; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77249146404     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo902358c     Document Type: Article

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